Wall Street

The stock markets have seen turmoil, but the U.S. government's cost of borrowing has actually dropped despite Standard & Poor's downgrading of Treasury debt from AAA. S&P has suffered criticism

The numbers have been rising and falling at ease in the past week. But what's really behind volatility in the markets, and who's going to benefit in the end?

New York Bureau Chief Heidi Moore is back in the studio to remind everyone that panicking never solved anything.

Reviewing the week's news on Wall Street. This week: the aftermath of the S&P downgrade decision and how it's affecting how we live

For the past three years in particular – and the past 20 years in general – the Federal Reserve has imposed low interest rates. And when interest…

The Market Volatility Index, or the VIX, quite literally measures how investors are feeling about the stock markets — which these days is pretty volatile. Its inventor discusses how the chart works

This morning started with an explosive headline reminding everyone that the worries about France and its banks are going to take more than one day…

Today, French bank Societe Generale caused a widespread case of post-traumatic stress disorder for everyone in the markets in 2008 who saw Bear…

For traders, stock market volatility creates opportunities to profit. For the rest of us, it generates fear that hurts businesses and the economy

Josh Brown, a financial adviser at Fusion Analytics, says despite months of poor economic reports, Wall Street hasn't declared another recession, and 'they never will until we're about halfway through' it.