Paul Shread

Hopes that another big rate cut from the Federal Reserve might ease the stock market's record volatility turned out to be misplaced, as a late warning

As we noted last week, the last Monday in October has often marked the end of the weakest half of the year for stocks, but we sure didn't expect it to be

The lowest consumer confidence reading in the 41-year history of the Conference Board wasn't enough to hold back buyers on Tuesday, who sent stocks to

Tech stocks tumbled Monday on concern that the credit market crisis is beginning to hit technology financing deals. A Wall Street Journal article said

The planned merger between Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) and Foundry Networks (NASDAQ: FDRY) appears to be up in the air after Foundry abruptly postponed a

We'll start with the positive: the third higher high in the VIX (the "fear index," first chart below) since stocks bottomed two weeks ago. That shows that

Stocks fell 3.5% on Friday to cap off another brutal week for investors, but it could have been a whole lot worse. Following sharp declines in overseas

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) posted better than expected quarterly results late Thursday, but shares of both companies were little

Investors looking to Amazon for help stopping an economy and stock market in freefall got no help on Wednesday. On a day that the S&P 500 plunged 6% to a

The stock market remains within the wide trading range established two weeks ago. The big question is whether it's trying to bottom, or whether it's

Tech stocks fell sharply Tuesday after weaker than expected results from Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) reminded

Stocks soared Monday on signs of improvement in the credit markets and hopes for a new economic stimulus plan, but earnings reports from Sun (NASDAQ: