Bill Barnhart

Stocks stumbled at the gate Wednesday, extending year-end 2007 losses and jeopardizing a long-standing pattern of upbeat starts to the new year. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 220.86 points,...

Stocks ended 2007 on a downbeat note Monday. A report of weak holiday sales via the Internet and a bleaker outlook for 4th-quarter profits by Reuters Estimates helped depress year-end...

It wasn't just a topsy-turvy year in the U.S. stock market; it was also a backward year. Stocks closed lower Monday to put to rest the worst year-end performance for...

Despite the headlines about the "r" word, the vast majority of economic forecasters are not predicting a U.S. recession. But expert opinion is hitting investors from another angle: The outlook...

Stocks fell broadly Thursday, throwing a promising year-end rally into reverse. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a major political figure in Pakistan, plus several downbeat reports on the U.S. economy...

Achieving a traditional Santa Claus rally in the next few days could depend on how successfully the inmates can take over the asylum. The latest weekly data on so-called program...

Christmas Day, marked as a religious holiday or cultural phenomenon, is a time to reflect. The question "What would Jesus do?" has merit, whether you are of Christian faith or...

The lumps of coal Wall Street has been delivering this holiday season have not discouraged stock market strategists from optimism about the new year. The 2008 outlook survey of 12...

Here's my fearless forecast for 2008: The subprime mortgage mess will be far less important to investors next year than the price of oil. The reason is simple: We don't...

Investors who have added bonds to their portfolios in recent years probably know the mantra of the bond market: Bad news is good news. Bonds tend to rally as evidence...