You don't need economic data to tell you how bad the economy is - and where it's hurting. Here are some ways to move your money and keep it safe in this troubled time.
It seems every other day brings news of waves of selling by nervous investors. But for every seller, there has to be a buyer. So who's buying stocks when so many people are selling?
Angry investors are suing some of Wall Street's biggest brokers because they can't access money they poured into investments, known as auction-rate securities, that have long been billed as short-term and low-risk.
Etrade is off Wall Street's death watch. And while interim CEO Jarrett Lilien admits that a full recovery remains a ways off, he expects the online broker to succeed because "our customers are pulling for us."
Wild swings have been the norm in the stock market lately - as you may have noticed - with the Dow Jones industrial average posting triple digit moves nearly every trading day since the beginning of the year.
U.S. stocks are likely to open higher Wednesday after improved sentiment helped stem a massive flight to quality and yields on shorter-dated Treasurys rebounded.
Stocks rocketed out of the gates Wednesday, as takeover talk helped soothe investors worried that a tightening credit market would curtail the recent run of mergers and acquisitions.
You don't need economic data to tell you how bad the economy is - and where it's hurting. Here are some ways to move your money and keep it safe in this troubled time.
It seems every other day brings news of waves of selling by nervous investors. But for every seller, there has to be a buyer. So who's buying stocks when so many people are selling?
Angry investors are suing some of Wall Street's biggest brokers because they can't access money they poured into investments, known as auction-rate securities, that have long been billed as short-term and low-risk.
Etrade is off Wall Street's death watch. And while interim CEO Jarrett Lilien admits that a full recovery remains a ways off, he expects the online broker to succeed because "our customers are pulling for us."
Wild swings have been the norm in the stock market lately - as you may have noticed - with the Dow Jones industrial average posting triple digit moves nearly every trading day since the beginning of the year.
U.S. stocks are likely to open higher Wednesday after improved sentiment helped stem a massive flight to quality and yields on shorter-dated Treasurys rebounded.
Stocks rocketed out of the gates Wednesday, as takeover talk helped soothe investors worried that a tightening credit market would curtail the recent run of mergers and acquisitions.
Stocks opened sharply higher Wednesday as credit markets calmed down a bit and speculation grew on Wall Street that a Fed rate cut was coming, maybe soon.
Hackers have been ringing up big losses at America's top online brokerage houses this year after infiltrating company systems and illegally trading millions of dollars, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
No question about it: Plenty of managers in their 30s and early 40s - that restless group known as Generation X - are frustrated. Boomers are taking up all the plum senior jobs and, in many big companies, seem in no hurry to retire.
The cost of trading online is sinking due to stiff competition and consolidation in the industry, with one firm offering trades for $1 to $3 apiece, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The page you requested cannot be found. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
Please try the following:
• If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.
• Open the www.cnn.com home page and look for links to the information you want.
• Use the navigation bar above to find the link you are looking for.
• Click the Back button to try another link.
• Enter a term in the search form below to look for information on CNN sites or the Internet.
Video
