U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday as investors appeared more optimistic about an economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index were all up 1 percent.  For the tech-heavy Nasdaq, Thursday's close put it back in positive territory for the first time ...

Stocks on Wall Street jumped Friday despite historic job losses suffered by the economy. Fred Katayama reports.

Stocks on Wall Street jumped Friday despite historic job losses suffered by the economy. Fred Katayama reports.

Major U.S. stock indexes jumped on Friday and logged solid gains for the week after data on historic job losses due to the coronavirus crisis showed they were slightly fewer than feared.

A week packed with U.S. economic data is likely to provide investors with more evidence of the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has hit growth, sharpening the debate on whether a rebound in stocks has been justified amid an unprecedented slowdown.

Australian shares drop in the wake of US oil prices falling below zero for the first time, underscoring the chaos the COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed on the global economy.

Australian shares rise, Qantas secures extra funding to get through the coronavirus crisis and US markets edge higher led by Microsoft, Apple and Amazon.

The chief executive officer and a managing partner of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer were arrested today on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank.

In the U.S., health care is big business—accounting for nearly one-fifth of the overall economy. And federal health policies often move financial markets. Understanding emerging health care market trends and their implications can provide critical context for federal policymakers. On Tuesday, November 15, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, a partnership […]

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Robert Pavlik, Chief Market Strategist at Banyan Partners, says recent losses on Wall Street was caused by a myriad of factors, which include more than Chinese weak data and Ukraine tensions.

"History tells us that the odds of another deep decline are very, very high," one strategist said.

After the coronavirus pandemic forced traders to work from home, Wall Street has gone virtual, leaning on tech platforms like Symphony and Zoom.

One of the world's leading authorities on Asia is worried Wall Street is miscalculating China's efforts to reopen its economy.

"Some of these hopes make more sense than others," the "Mad Money" host said.

"'Sell in May and go away' is suboptimal advice, people, but this May, it just so happens that the market's run too much versus the fundamentals," the "Mad Money" host said.

"The staples and the retailers should be moving in opposite directions" meaning "somebody's wrong here," the "Mad Money" host said.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood said on "Squawk Box" that demand in China and falling battery costs will continue to boost Tesla's stock.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange swapped stories all week about the extreme trading conditions they witnessed.

Strategists debate how long it will take to contain the coronavirus outbreak as it hits the United States and roils markets.

Trading firms had two main concerns about traders working from home: Would the technology work and would traders be able to effectively interact with each other and their clients. So far, traders are adapting.

Robert Whaley, who created the original VIX in 1992, says the most important thing for markets is to reduce the uncertainty around the coronavirus crisis.

Blackstone's Joseph Zidle predicts the Fed will cut rates but says Wall Street won't get what it wants, and stocks could fall as much as 20%.

Stocks flirt with record highs. Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg on the odds for another rate cut this year. With CNBC's Seema Mody and the Futures Now traders, Brian Stutland and Jim Iuorio, both at the CME.

Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg reinforces his recession forecast following the Federal Reserve's September meeting.