http://dir.salon.com/topics/stock_market/?source=rss&aim=stock_market en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/dow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/15/dow/index.html?source=rss We're just pretending to get richer -- it's not the real thing By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/stock_market_mysteries_revealed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/04/stock_market_mysteries_revealed/index.html?source=rss Did Tuesday's election results provoke a stock market rally? No. What about a booming Chinese economy? Yes By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/reich_dow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/22/reich_dow/index.html?source=rss Consumers can't buy, and businessmen cry socialism, but the government is keeping money moving and the Dow strong By Robert Reich Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/reich_optimism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/reich_optimism/index.html?source=rss It probably isn't even the end of the beginning of the recession. We can't wish the economy back to health. By Tim Paradis Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/02/dow_fall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/02/dow_fall/index.html?source=rss Stock market at lowest point since 1997 over bank fears. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/14/dow_10000/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/14/dow_10000/index.html?source=rss What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/28/stock_markets_and_socialism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/28/stock_markets_and_socialism/index.html?source=rss Proof investors like big government: Obama has overseen the biggest rally since Franklin Roosevelt By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/17/adventures_in_branding_stocktwits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/17/adventures_in_branding_stocktwits/index.html?source=rss Where traders gather in cyberspace to share tips and commentary. Truth in advertising? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/stock_market_september_switcheroo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/10/stock_market_september_switcheroo/index.html?source=rss The ninth month traditionally tolls doom for investors. Not this year, at least so far By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/08/jobs_report_april/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/08/jobs_report_april/index.html?source=rss How do you find a silver lining in the news that the economy lost more than half a million jobs for the sixth straight month? It's not easy. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/04/bull_market_and_obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/04/bull_market_and_obama/index.html?source=rss Another good day for stocks raises the question: After all the nasty things said about the president's negative influence on the market in February, where's the love now? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/21/hal_turner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/21/hal_turner/index.html?source=rss A notorious white supremacist claims he knows the results of the Treasury Department's banking stress tests. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/party_like_its_1933/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/party_like_its_1933/index.html?source=rss Happy days are here again. Stock market investors haven't been so giddy since the depths of the worst economic contraction in U.S. history! By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/01/manufacturing_decline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/01/manufacturing_decline/index.html?source=rss Industrial activity declined for the 14th straight month -- but the rate of plummet slowed by a fraction. Break out the champagne! By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/23/wall_street_hearts_geithner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/23/wall_street_hearts_geithner/index.html?source=rss Investors dance a jig to the tune of Paul Krugman's despair. The Dow jumps almost 500 points. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/16/why_is_wall_street_happy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/16/why_is_wall_street_happy/index.html?source=rss What does Wall Street know that the rest of us don't? The economy is reeling, but stock prices have started a (shaky) comeback. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/13/summers_says_it_is_time_to_buy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/13/summers_says_it_is_time_to_buy/index.html?source=rss Cheer up! The current depressed stock market is really the "sale of the century." By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/12/net_worth_and_personal_savings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/12/net_worth_and_personal_savings/index.html?source=rss When Americans stopped saving money, we were told not to worry, because, really, we were all rich. We were misinformed. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/12/retail_glimmer_of_doom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/12/retail_glimmer_of_doom/index.html?source=rss Consumers are showing some signs of life, but as job losses mount, don't look for their spending to continue. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/10/stock_market_rally/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/10/stock_market_rally/index.html?source=rss Citigroup struts, Ben Bernanke turns optimistic, and the stock market gets giddy. So is Obama now a genius? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/05/market_update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/05/market_update/index.html?source=rss The Dow drops 4 percent, closing at another 12-year low. And with good reason, too. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/25/bernanke_style_nationalization/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/25/bernanke_style_nationalization/index.html?source=rss Investors seem to think Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee that nationalization was out of the question. Not exactly. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/20/obama_stock_market/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/20/obama_stock_market/index.html?source=rss Investors panic as banks continue to report huge losses By Geneen Roth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/07/madoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/07/madoff/index.html?source=rss The financial guru's Ponzi scheme cost me 30 years of retirement savings. How could he do this to me -- and why did I let him? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/01/milton_friedman_and_the_dow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/01/milton_friedman_and_the_dow/index.html?source=rss Despite the best efforts of the Federal Reserve to follow the economic prescriptions of Milton Friedman, nothing is working. But Keynes' stock is rising.