Stock market

Players are signing up for Wall Street Magnate in droves, in part, because the simulated experience reflects the stock market in real time.

Is ok to pay to get the jump on market-moving news? Thomson Reuters is expected to suspend the practice of selling so-called sneak peeks of certain economic data to select clients today.

Markets in Egypt rose so quickly this morning officials had to temporarily suspend trading.

In the years climbing out of the great recession, regular investors were leary of buying stock, thrice burned, enduringly shy. But in the last six months, as the S&P 500 index has gone up 13 percent, the masses are back to buying.

With protesters, the military and the Egyptian government heading for new confrontations, the stock market in Cairo is up.

The key stock index in Shanghai fell 5.3 percent today. The loss, the worst in 4 years, comes after China’s central bank froze lending between the country's financial institutions last week.

As soon as the value of something rises, skeptics roll out the B-word: bubble.

As uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's stimulus policy continues, financial markets prolong their bumpy ride.

Markets thy name is volatility. Over the past month, how much value has been lost on stock markets around the world?

Part of what’s moving traders is uncertainty about the Fed’s next moves. But a number of key factors around the world have investors bracing for more sharp peaks and deep valleys.