Stock Market’s Sharp Swings Grow More Frequent - NYTimes.com

Market Swings Are Becoming New Standard By LOUISE STORY and GRAHAM BOWLEY Published: September 11, 2011 The stock market just can’t seem to make up its mind. Enlarge This Image Paul Taggart/Bloomberg…


Market turmoil lands hedge funds with big losses - FT.com

Market turmoil lands hedge funds with big losses By Sam Jones Not for the first time, the hedge fund industry has failed to live up to its name. In a month that has seen equity markets around the…


Correlation of US stocks highest since 1987 crash - FT.com

Correlation of US stocks highest since 1987 crash By Telis Demos in New York The correlation between the movement of big US stocks is at the highest level since Black Monday in 1987, with price moves…


Gross Says Obama’s $300 Billion Plan Not Enough

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross, founder of Pacific Investment Management Co., said President Barack Obama’s plan to stimulate the economy with more than $300 billion in tax cuts and spending is…


U.S. Stocks Fall as Bernanke Fails to Offer New Plans for Growth

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, after the biggest gain in two weeks for benchmark gauges, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke failed to offer any specific new plans to bolster growth…


Geithner on Global Growth

Tim Geithner says Global action needed boost growth US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Thursday called on the Global finance chiefs to boost growth but said a repeat of the massive co-ordinated…


US exports rise signalling firmer growth

US exports rise signalling firmer growth The US economy is sluggish, but it is still moving along. That was the message from 2 economic reports that pointed to a weak labor market, but also a better…


Obama jobs speech venue part of election strategy

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's use of a rare joint session of Congress to deliver a jobs speech on Thursday reflects a political strategy to try to blame Republicans for an economy at risk of…


U.S. recovery still on ropes in late summer: Fed

(Reuters) - The sluggish U.S. recovery failed to gain speed in recent weeks and softened in some areas of the country, as volatile stock markets and sputtering factory activity weighed on growth, the…