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The merciless arithmetic of investing in commodity producers is imposing itself on many a portfolio: Copper down a few percentage points; copper stocks cut in half. It’s nice when the swing works in your favour; when it’s conspiring against your wealth, it’s an agony not even the Marquis de Sade could dream up. The bad [...]

Wall Street advanced for a third day on Friday as the monthly payrolls data showed the U.S. economy may be in better shape than investors had thought and helped whet some investor appetite for risk.The S&P 500 has rebounded strongly from a nearly oversold condition, gaining nearly 5 percent in the last three days, while [...]

Stock Prices in Stock Market. Let’s say that a new corporation is created and in its IPO it raises $20 million by selling one million shares for $20 a share. The corporation buys its equipment and hires its employees with that money. In the first year, when all the income and expenses are added up, [...]

­The stock market appears in the news every day. You hear about it any time it reaches a new high or a new low, and you also hear about it daily in statements like “The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2 percent today, with advances leading declines by a margin of…” Obviously, stocks and the [...]

Ten tips to help you get started on the right foot investing in the stock market… Educate yourself about the market ~ Do your homework and learn all you can before you start deciding where to invest your hard-earned money. Look at the history of the stocks you’re considering and learn to read a prospectus.

John D. McKinnon reports on the financial crisis from Washington. President Bush’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday morning was meant to provide a reassuring picture of stability — the world’s most powerful leader, standing alongside finance ministers of the seven old-line industrial powers, their flags flapping proudly in the autumn breeze. But as recent financial shocks [...]

US stock markets have suffered their worst week on record following another torrid day of trading despite growing hopes that the government could step in to guarantee bank deposits and lending between financial institutions. The Dow Jones fell 456.3 to 8122.2 leading to a 21pc fall over the week after the index on Thursday suffered [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average capped the worst week in its 112-year history with its most volatile day ever, as hopes for a major international bank-rescue plan were overwhelmed at day’s end by another wave of selling. Some investors who normally would be jumping to buy beaten-down stocks after a 22% drop over eight trading [...]

Treasury planning a program to attract private capital alongside public capital to financial institutions. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that the U.S. government was working on a plan to buy stock in financial institutions by using part of the $700 billion authorized by Congress to stabilize the financial system. [...]

The troubled automaker issues a statement saying that it is not considering bankruptcy, after its shares sank 31% in Thursday trading. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Motors is not considering bankruptcy, the company said in a prepared statement Friday. The announcement was in response to the automaker’s precipitous stock price decline the previous day, a [...]