16 Big Bubbles That Are Getting Ready to Pop
With stocks markets soaring, many wonder if equities will be the next bubble to burst. But stocks aren't the only assets that look frothy: These are showing danger signs too.
Mario Draghi
Stocks Inch Lower; S&P 500 Slips From 5-Year High
Stocks edged lower on Wall Street Friday, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index below a five-year high reached the day before. The S&P 500 fell two points to 1,470 as of noon Eastern. It closed at 1,472 Thursday, its highest level since December 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average fell a point to 13,469. The Nasdaq composite index dropped three points to 3,119.
Stocks Plunge After Election; Europe Woes Deepen
Stocks are closing with their worst one-day loss of the year as investors look past the election and focus on big problems ahead in Washington and in Europe.
And the Number One Threat to the Market Is...
With the market in exuberant, can't lose bull-mode, we asked a group of our favorite investors, strategists, and economists a simple question: What's the #1 threat to the market right now? Here are the answers we got.
World Markets Still Feeling Good About ECB's Bond-Buying Plan
A unlimited bond-buying plan from the European Central Bank continued to buoy financial markets on Friday while worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted expectations that the Federal Reserve will back another monetary stimulus.
Stocks Soar After ECB Unveils Bond Buying Effort
The last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession was turning a month old, and stocks were pointed toward a headlong descent. But on Thursday, the market moved swiftly in the other direction.
Markets Hold Their Breath In Fear of Disappointment from Draghi
Longer-dated Spanish government bond yields fell and German debt sold off on Thursday with expectations high that the European Central Bank will detail plans to buy struggling eurozone countries' debt to curb the bloc's long-running debt crisis.
An Epic Week Ahead For The Global Economy
For the US, the week may not really begin until Tuesday, but starting Monday night it's going to be an epic week for the entire globe. Here's why.