Wall Street

Analysts on Wall Street have raised concerns recently about a slowdown in online trading activity, and some market watchers worry other traders may follow suit. Bob Moon reports.

Popular belief says the fortune of the markets can be determined by how well they do in January. Steve Chiotakis discusses this phenomenon with Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at S&P Equity Research.

The push to overhaul regulations for America's financial system didn't get very far in 2009. Marketplace's Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale reviews the propects for change with host Kai Ryssdal.

2009 has been a heck of a year, and 2010 may turn out to be trickier than we think. Kay Ryssdal talks with Felix Salmon from Reuters and Clusterstock's John Carney to get their views.

Even in this plodding economy some businesses act like times are flush — at least that's how it appears from the filings these companies submit to the SEC. Michelle Leder of Footnoted.org explains the fine print of those financial statements.

Megan McArdle of The Atlantic magazine and Mike Mandel, author of the textbook "Economics: The Basics" size up the week in business with Kai Ryssdal.

There's a growing backlash, both here and abroad, against banks that got government bailouts and are now making big money again. The U.K. and France are imposing steep one-time taxes on big bonuses. Marketplace's Amy Scott checked out the mood in Germany's financial capital.

Cash reserves at the biggest companies in the country are at their highest levels in 40 years. They aren't spending because they're still nervous about the economy and they can't find anything to invest in. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Earnings at top technology companies like Oracle and RIM, the makers of the Blackberry, have been better than expected. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports investors are hopeful businesses are finally starting to spend money again.

Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher and The Big Money's Heidi Moore talk with Kai Ryssdal about what's going on with the big banks, and whether we have missed our chance to regulate them.