Wall Street

Markets overseas have fluctuated wildly throughout the morning, and investors are looking to the Federal Reserve for answers

Ellen Zentner, senior U.S. economist at Nomura Securities, says no one's surprised by the hot-and-cold reaction to the S&P downgrade.

Markets are down slightly this morning, but Marketplace's Jeff Horwich says that stocks could see a big gain: because the downturn has investors seeing sale prices.

Julia Coronado, chief economist with the investment bank BNP Paribas, says we can't really resolve our debt problems without taking fewer retirement benefits and paying higher taxes

Investors still see the U.S. as creditworthy. But, they're turning their attention to worries over economic growth.

Marketplace's New York Bureau Chief Heidi Moore explains why Wall Street is more concerned with poor economic growth and a weak job market than the downgrade on U.S. debt

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Marketplace reporters and contributors share what they're doing with their money — under the mattress, on Wall Street, in real estate.