The Stock Market: The Stock Market Crash in the Stock Market

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 [...]

The humiliation of a credit rating downgrade for the U.S. would exact some psychological damage but is widely viewed as less likely to cause any actual carnage on interest rates. Few fixed-income experts are looking for a major surge in rates even if Standard & Poor’s follows through on its threats to cut the US [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Fear is running high in the bond market. Treasury prices began the week sharply higher, sending the benchmark 10-year yield below 3% for the first time since June 27. “Being under 3% means a fear trade — we need to get back to at least 3% to have more confidence,” said [...]

Toronto Stock Market Crash 2008 The Toronto Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones continued their decline on Tuesday, posting triple-digit losses after the closing bell rang. Talk of interest rate cuts intensified as the losses piled up. Despite an early morning upswing of 250 points, the S&P/TSX composite index finished at a loss of 400.88 [...]

­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 [...]

Stock Market Investment Strategy Investing in stocks doesn’t have to just for the market savvy. Anyone with a self directed IRA, or even just funds to open an investment account can invest in the stock market. Don’t know anything about stocks you say? Well, there is a solution for those that either don’t have 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.

The following is President Bush’s statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations: Thank you all very much. Good morning. [Treasury] Secretary [Henry] Paulson, Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice and I just had a productive discussion [...]

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 [...]

Companies won’t confirm published reports, as struggling automakers cope with economic downturn. DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports Saturday. The Wall Street Journal, citing people it described as familiar with the discussions, said Cerberus [...]