China’s Finance Ministry announced May 30 that it was tripling the stamp tax on securities transactions from 0.1 percent to 0.3 percent in an effort to cool the booming Chinese stock market. Read More

The world’s economies show no signs of slowing down; demand for many leading commodities—copper, nickel, zinc and even corn, soybeans and wheat—is driving greater profits for the businesses and industries in these markets. Read More

After two days of seeing red, the market is back in black Wednesday. Read More

After another rollercoaster ride, the market closed in negative territory Tuesday. Read More

Sometimes just being steady is enough to make a portfolio work. When stocks are plunging day after day... Read More

As interest rates climbed throughout the day, the market closed in negative territory Monday. Read More

The market plummeted Friday on global interest rate fears, sending all three major indexes downward for both the day and the week. Read More

After many fluctuations throughout the day, the market ended up in positive territory Thursday. Read More

Bond yields rose again, overshadowing a drop in oil prices as well as strong reports from Morgan Stanley and Home Depot and sending the market spiraling downward Wednesday. Read More

The market moved forward despite higher oil prices Tuesday as bond yields continued to decrease. Read More