U.S. Markets: The major U.S. indexes retreated as investors reacted to bleak economic data and multiple warnings of further weakness ahead.  The declines [...]

U.S. Markets: U.S. stocks recorded solid gains for the week as investors appeared to have reconciled themselves to the depth of the economic [...]

U.S. Markets: U.S. stocks ended the week mixed as investors weighed some hopeful developments in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic against poor [...]

U.S. Markets: Most of the major indexes fell moderately last week as investors digested first-quarter earnings reports and the plunge in oil prices.  [...]

U.S. Markets: The major indexes recorded mixed returns, as investors weighed record downturns in economic data against hope that progress in containing the [...]

U.S. stocks recorded one of their best weekly gains on record, as some encouraging trends in global coronavirus infection and hospitalization rates lifted [...]

After the US stock market reached it's low of the year, there has been a debate among market watchers  -- is the worst behind [...]

The very big picture (a historical perspective): The long-term valuation of the market is commonly measured by the Cyclically Adjusted Price to Earnings ratio, [...]

  Nassim Taleb, in his 2001 book ‘Fooled by Randomness’, described ‘Black Swan Events’ as high-profile, hard-to-predict and rare events that are beyond the realm [...]

Stocks ended the week lower as worries grew about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy.  The S&P 500 index and [...]