markets

The Dow and S&P 500 fell markedly on Tuesday, dropping into negative territory for the year. But what was the proximate cause?

Foreign competition and a decline in oil drilling counter a strong U.S. economy.

How will the markets react to another government shutdown deadline?

False information from a Japanese newspaper moved investor activity.

More information comes this week.

Checking in with the summer consumer

A lot of new data point to a steady, but unclear future for the economy.

Markets fell yesterday just moments after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said no substantive progress had been made in the latest fiscal cliff negotiations.

The markets tumbled Friday, but the declines were nothing compared to the Black Monday crash of Oct. 19, 1987. The Dow Jones shed 22 percent — the equivalent of a 3,000-point drop today.