stock market

Despite buoyant returns for stocks so far this year, it’s hardly time for investors to whistle, “Don’t worry, be happy.” Big problems linger from 2011.

The rich have gotten richer, thanks to the stock market and the Bush tax cuts, a recent report has found.

A graph of the stock market in 2011 looks like a contour map of Death Valley glued to the Himalayas. Despite huge swings, the S&P 500 index ended the year remarkably close to where it began.

This year's stock market has made you long for a safer investment, like a cobra farm. But try a conservative fund before raising reptiles.

The weight of many unanswered economic questions sent the stock market — and many mutual funds — to huge, double-digit losses in the third quarter.

You can make money with VIX funds when the stock market goes wild -- but not when it behaves itself.

Small investors, the bedrock of the United States stock market, are being buffeted by the steep drops on Wall Street or bailing altogether as they worry about their money’s survival.

Financial stocks have been like rockets since the bottom of the stock market in 2009: They soared, then slammed into the ground at 3,000 miles ...

A new survey from the Council on Foundations and CF Insights found that although their assets has rebounded, giving by the nation's community foundations still lags the stock market's powerful move up from the lows in 2009....

Focusing on what the Dow did yesterday, or last month (or what it will do next month) will probably lead you astray when managing your money.