Stories Tagged as
Stock market
Why markets freaked when Bloomberg crashed
Apr 17, 2015
An outage at the financial-data giant shows how much some traders rely on it.
Mixed signals: Decoding the economy
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Paddy Hirsch
Apr 14, 2015
Decoding the economy's mixed signals
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Weekly Wrap: General Electric and stock market highs
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 10, 2015
A discussion of highlights from the week's news.
Explaining stock buybacks
by
Paddy Hirsch
Apr 9, 2015
Stock buybacks are popular with some, but others say they're a waste of money.
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How do stock exchanges make money?
Jan 5, 2015
Nasdaq bring in cash from trades but also sells information and software.
Remembering Black Tuesday, 85 years later
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 29, 2014
Economic hard times of the past.
For public good, not for profit.
How stock market volatility could impact the economy
by
Stan Alcorn
Oct 16, 2014
It's been a wild week on the stock market. The causes are numerous--from Europe to ebola to weak economic growth in the United States. But what are the likely effects--beyond the markets themselves?
A catalog of strange market turns
Oct 10, 2014
A look at the weird things and people that have caused markets to crash.
PODCAST: Sell in May?
May 6, 2014
Google and Amazon compete on same-day delivery. And, turning a rookie poker chump into a champ.