Stock Market

Politics

GOP Lawmakers Propose Alternatives to Debt Limit Increase

Like prioritizing payments

Reason Staff | 1.15.2013 10:45 PM

Economics

Chinese Companies Dropping Out of U.S. Stock Market

Financial reports face scrutiny and share prices falter

Reason Staff | 1.14.2013 7:15 PM

Politics

Stocks Jump over Possible Fiscal Cliff Deal

Closes up after Senate Minority Leader's comments

Reason Staff | 12.31.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Global Stocks Set to Finish 2012 Up, Not Rattled by Fiscal Cliff Failures

Market may be expecting a deal early in the new year

Reason Staff | 12.31.2012 7:48 AM

Economics

Stocks Drop over Lack of Budget Deal

Five-day losing streak

Reason Staff | 12.28.2012 5:20 PM

Economics

Americans Losing Faith in Stock Markets

Folks selling them off for fifth year in a row

Reason Staff | 12.27.2012 8:00 PM

Economics

SeaWorld Files for IPO

How many shares does Shamu get?

Reason Staff | 12.27.2012 7:10 PM

Economics

RIM Stocks Plunge

BlackBerry's performing well, but changes to revenue model scare folks

Reason Staff | 12.21.2012 11:15 AM

Economics

Intercontinental Exchange to Buy New York Stock Exchange

For $8.2 billion

Reason Staff | 12.20.2012 10:20 AM

Economics

SolarCity Does Well in Delayed IPO

Stocks rose after dropping initial offering price

Reason Staff | 12.13.2012 5:00 PM

Economics

Solar Company Slashes Share Prices Prior to IPO

Not exactly a promising sign

Reason Staff | 12.12.2012 7:23 PM

Renewable energy

Investing in Green Energy: A Great Way to Lose Your Money

Ronald Bailey | 12.10.2012 2:06 PM

Policy

Goldman Sachs Fined for Failing to Block Trade

Will pay $1.5 million for trader who hid $8.3 billion position

Reason Staff | 12.7.2012 7:00 PM

Economics

Apple Shares Slide Nearly 10 Percent Over Week

But are on the rebound now

Reason Staff | 12.6.2012 2:00 PM

Economics

Companies Speed Dividends To Escape Expected Tax Boost

No surprise

Reason Staff | 12.4.2012 4:12 PM

Policy

Costco Plans $3B Special Dividend To Escape Anticipated Tax Hike

That will save shareholders a mint

Reason Staff | 11.28.2012 3:56 PM

Economics

RIM Stocks Tumble over Lousy Market Share News

Blackberry has a measly 1.6 percent of the mobile market

Reason Staff | 11.27.2012 12:52 PM

Economics

Greek Debt Deal Leads to Boost in Euro, Asian Shares

Value of euro hits one-month high

Reason Staff | 11.26.2012 10:23 PM

Economics

Facebook Shares Jump 8 Percent

A former critic of the stock's performance is now more optimistic

Reason Staff | 11.26.2012 8:37 PM

Economics

Medical Marijuana Company's Stock Price Soars

Jumped 3,000 percent following ballot initiative outcomes

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 8:37 PM

Policy

Fiscal Cliff Worries Further Depress Stock Market

The prospect of the president and Congress "fixing" the problem is depressing

Reason Staff | 11.14.2012 6:36 PM

Economics

Facebook Shares Jump 9 Percent

Restrictions on insider trading lifted

Reason Staff | 11.14.2012 11:16 AM

Economics

Fiscal Woes in Europe, U.S. Depress Stocks

They should depress you, too

Reason Staff | 11.13.2012 11:00 PM

Economics

Groupon's Fortunes Continue to Falter

Shares fall by another 20 percent

Reason Staff | 11.9.2012 9:00 PM

Policy

Stocks Take a Dive

Dow Jones closes below 13,000

Reason Staff | 11.7.2012 6:04 PM

Politics

Some Stocks Expected to Surge Thanks to Obama Reelection

Despite falling stock markets, some stand to gain

Reason Staff | 11.7.2012 3:24 PM

Economics

US Stocks Tumble

So about that fiscal cliff up ahead ...

Reason Staff | 11.7.2012 11:52 AM

Economics

Light Trading on Wall Street Day Before the Election

Tenterhooks. Everybody is on tenterhooks.

Reason Staff | 11.5.2012 6:30 PM

Economics

Stocks Drop as Optimism Falters

Information on economy not very promising

Reason Staff | 11.2.2012 9:45 PM

Economics

Stock Markets Closed Tuesday

As is most everything else in the Northeast

Reason Staff | 10.29.2012 11:00 PM

Policy

Sandy Hits FTSE 100

Storm has already closed the U.S. stockmarket

Reason Staff | 10.29.2012 8:36 AM

Economics

Monster Drink's Shares Slide After Calls for Regulation

What is this mysterious "caffeine" substance and how does it work?

Reason Staff | 10.26.2012 4:52 PM

Economics

Stocks Down for Second Day

Wall Street has case of the blahs.

Reason Staff | 10.24.2012 6:30 PM

Economics

Dow Has Worst Day in Four Months

Weak outlooks and slowing growth

Reason Staff | 10.23.2012 10:45 PM

Policy

Not a Great Day For the Markets

Dow futures are off and European shares are down

Reason Staff | 10.23.2012 8:52 AM

Policy

New Tax Seen Crippling Italy's Financial Markets

Think of it as slow-motion economic suicide

Reason Staff | 10.22.2012 9:48 PM

Economics

Google Earnings Miss Forecast

Shares fall nine percent

Reason Staff | 10.18.2012 4:50 PM

Economics

Hewlett-Packard Shares Drop on Poor Outlook

10 percent fall in shares. Probably still not as bad as California's economy, though.

Reason Staff | 10.3.2012 5:37 PM

Economics

European Stocks Drop Amidst Fears Over Spain, France

Give it a few years and that will be us

Reason Staff | 9.28.2012 4:44 PM

Policy

So Much for That QE3 Stock Rally

Dow Jones goes back down

Reason Staff | 9.17.2012 3:45 PM

Policy

Stocks, Oil Prices Rise on Fed Announcement

Dollar weakens

Reason Staff | 9.13.2012 4:40 PM

Policy

U.S. Stocks Soar over Euro Bond Plan

Dow up more than 200, S&P at highest level in four years

Reason Staff | 9.6.2012 12:52 PM

Economics

World Stocks Remain High Following Europe's New Bond-Buying Plan

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi unveiled a fresh package of measures

Reason Staff | 9.6.2012 11:00 AM

Economics

FedEx Warns of Lower Earnings

Warning is "a shot across the bow of the global economy's ship of state"

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 3:23 PM

Science & Technology

Nokia Shows Off Windows Smartphone

The market doesn't respond well and the company's stock drops

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 3:15 PM

Economics

Will September 2012 Defy Typical Stock Slumps?

The stock market typically does not fare well during this month

Reason Staff | 9.4.2012 8:15 PM

Economics

Dow Jones Takes Big Hit

Continuing bad news just sucked the wind out of its sails

Reason Staff | 8.23.2012 7:20 PM

Economics

Another Benefit of Deflation: Companies Going Private

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.17.2012 4:49 PM