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Typical CEO made $9.6 M last year, AP study finds Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. Read More
Investor anger mounts Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012 JPMorgan blunder, Morgan Stanley handling of Facebook IPO result in suits Read More
Facebook's stock falls 11 percent Monday Published: Tue, May 22, 2012 After Facebook's stock fizzled on Friday in its long-awaited debut, its stock fell 11 percent on Monday, even as the rest of the stock market rallied. Read More
Greek, European debt crisis Published: Tue, May 15, 2012 Europe's debt crisis risks spiraling out of control. And in today's interconnected global economy, Greece's troubles, as well as those of Spain and Italy, could over time become a headache for all of Europe and by extension the rest of the world, including the U.S. Read More
With Apple in, Dow would have set record long ago Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 If Apple had been added to the Dow in June 2009, the average would be about 2,500 points higher than it is and well above its all-time high. Read More
Hiring slowdown sends the stock market reeling Published: Sat, May 5, 2012 Investors fear that U.S. economic recovery may be faltering. Read More
Investors say Berkshire to endure after Buffett Updated: Thu, May 3, 2012 Investors would rather not imagine life without Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, who is 81 and said last month that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. When the day comes, people who have studied the company say Berkshire without Buffett will probably look a lot like Berkshire with Buffett. Read More
Manufacturing growth lifts stocks Published: Wed, May 2, 2012 Dow Jones industrial average closes at 13,279.32, its highest since 2007 Read More
Smart dividend strategy pays off Published: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 Why is the stock market rising? The economy is still in rough shape, unemployment remains stubbornly high, housing remains weak, and the European financial system is a mess. Still, U.S. stocks are rising, and we're seeing daily headlines about the market hitting new four-year highs. Why? Well, two reasons.... Read More
What you need to know about Dow vs. S&P 500 Published: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 Q. What's the difference between the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 average, aside from the obvious fact that the S&P includes many more stocks? A. There is a huge difference between the two, and it goes far beyond the fact that the Dow has only 30 stocks, a fraction of the number in... Read More
Some reasons to be bullish on the stock market Updated: Tue, Sep 27, 2011 There' has been so much volatility and panic in the stock market lately that maybe it's time to step back and take a longer perspective. When "everyone knows" that a recession is coming, when "everyone knows" that the Fed is "pushing on a string" and when "everyone knows" that the politicians are going to mess up... Read More
Shoppers won't lose energy in 2011, economists say Updated: Thu, Jan 6, 2011 Americans spent more in the 50 days before Christmas than analysts had expected — the sharpest annual increase since 2006. It's the surest sign yet they're becoming less frugal as the economy rebounds. Read More
Everybody Loves a 'Sale' -- Except in the Stock Market Updated: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 You've heard the expression "timing is everything." That holds true in the stock market as well as in life. Most people have bad timing when it comes to investing because they're led by their emotions. So it might be better to say that when it comes to investing, the most important thing is "time in the market,"... Read More
Money mistakes to avoid Published: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 The memory of 2008's breathtaking market collapse isn't likely to fade anytime soon. But even that painful memory may not prevent people from pouring money into the next investment bubble. Consumer Reports Money Adviser recently identified some common investor mistakes, pre- and post-meltdown, and recommended... Read More
Chance of rain ushers in week for Oklahoma Published: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 Slight chances of showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast for the first of this week. Today has 40 percent chance of rain but is expected to be sunny and hot in between showers. Monday has a 60 percent chance of precipitation, expected before 1 p.m. and a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Monday... Read More
High-Tech Solutions Needed to Avert Panic Published: Tue, May 18, 2010 The recent market "glitch" was shocking to behold in real time. As it happened, I was in the boardroom of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange when the slide started. The huge room is equipped with screens that can be viewed from every seat around the table, and all eyes turned to the screens as the numbers changed... Read More
Stocks tumble 376 points as euro drops, jobless claims rise Updated: Thu, May 20, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged again Thursday as more investors woke up to the possibility that economic problems such as Europe's debt crisis might spread around the world and stop the growing recovery in the U.S. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 376 points, its biggest one-day point drop since... Read More
Don't Go Sour on Global Stocks Published: Sat, Oct 24, 2009 Q: Since stock markets around the world all "crashed" at the same time, what's the point of international investing? A: That's a question a lot of people are asking themselves these days. International investing always was seen as a way to "diversify" risk in an investment portfolio — on the theory that if the... Read More
Stocks tumble after gov't unveils financial plan Updated: Tue, Feb 10, 2009 NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are frustrated with the government's latest bank bailout plan - and showing it by unloading stocks. The major stock indexes fell more than 4 percent Tuesday, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which tumbled 382 points. Financial stocks led the market lower, a sign of how... Read More
State stocks battered by market sell-off Published: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 The shares of some of Oklahoma’s most highly regarded companies were battered today as the stock market plummeted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded more than 500 points in the first hours of trading to fall below the 10,000 level for the first time in four years. The plunge sent many state stocks... Read More
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