Paul Shread

Sure, the government needs to rein in leverage, derivatives and hedge funds to prevent a recurrence of the systemic crisis enveloping the globe, but there

Stock markets plunged around the world Monday as the financial crisis that began in the U.S. spread to European banks, but U.S. stocks managed to cut

The Dow (first chart below) remains below our major support level of 10,683, which holds a great deal of economic significance — below that level,

Stocks traded in a rocky fashion on Friday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the government's massive financial rescue bill after rejecting

Fears that the paralyzing credit crisis gripping the U.S. could dampen technology spending hit tech stocks again on Thursday, sending the Nasdaq 4.5%

The Dow and S&P 500 were little changed on Wednesday, but that was small comfort for technology investors, who must have felt like they were suddenly the

HP (NYSE: HPQ) today became the second major storage vendor to make a big move into the iSCSI market this year, with a $360 million acquisition of

Stocks followed their worst day in 21 years with their best day in six years, as traders snapped up beaten-down stocks on hopes that Congress may yet pass

It remains to be seen if today was nothing more than a tantrum by a market that didn't get its way, but the technical damage was nonetheless significant.

The stock market had its steepest plunge since the crash of 1987 on Monday after the U.S. House of Representatives rejected the Bush administration's $700

The next few days will be important for the presidential election — and not just because of the pending debate and financial bailout plan. According

Stocks rose Friday on hopes that Congress can overcome differences and agree on a financial bailout plan over the weekend, overcoming some dismal news in