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

French bankers and officials scrambled to calm nerves on Thursday after two days of whipsaw trading that saw their banks’ market value fall and rise by billions of euros.By late in the day those efforts appeared to settle markets jittery about the health of French banks and the heavily indebted U.S. and European economies. Economists [...]

US stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Friday following a traumatic day across global stock markets as investors sold off over fears the European debt crisis was spreading to Spain and Italy and economic data out of the US pointed to a slowdown in growth in the world’s [...]

The history of the stock market stretches as far back as 1606. It was then that the first stock was issued for the Dutch company Vereignigte Oostindische Compaignie. During that time business was focused mainly around shipping and the spice trade. At the end of the 18th century England with their Royal Navy dominated business [...]

“You’ve got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, ’cause you might not get there. – Yogi Berra Although there are perfect conditions for a company to prosper, there are few ups and downs in any stock market. All stock markets tend to fluctuate and there are less chances of a stable [...]

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. [...]