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Financial markets
'Uncertainty' was the byword of the 2023 markets. Will 2024 be the same way?
Jan 2, 2024
Despite the anxiety, 2023 closed out pretty well for investors. But that hasn't resulted in a unified sense of optimism.
Who are "the markets"?
by
Janet Nguyen
Jan 6, 2023
Financial experts love to toss-around this catch-all term. What does it actually mean?
Global markets are tanking because they see signs that the global economy is tanking
Sep 26, 2022
Inflation, declining demand and uncertainty are bumming out investors.
Can Britain's power lunch power back this summer?
May 24, 2021
The City of London, the U.K. equivalent of Wall Street, is preparing for tens of thousands of executives to filter back in.
Companies also suffer when the stock market goes crazy
by
Justin Ho
Dec 28, 2018
Volatility impacts a company’s stock price, which has big consequences for the company itself, not just for the investors. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
The global economy a decade after the financial crisis
by
David Brancaccio
and Jonaki Mehta
Sep 5, 2018
A McKinsey Global Institute report looks at what we learned and the risks we can expect moving forward.
How the rule of law can affect the stock market
Jan 31, 2017
A look at the connection between a country's political environment and stocks.
For public good, not for profit.
Markets pointed to a Clinton win. What happened?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Cerise Castle
Nov 22, 2016
The betting-markets got the election wrong. Should we still trust them?
The year of the shrinking bond yield
Jan 20, 2016
Thanks to a roiled stock market, Treasury notes are yielding less for investors
China's luxury buyers are an endangered species
Aug 26, 2015
Market turmoil could hit makers of high-end products particularly hard.