James P. Miller

The stock market surged Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average jumping nearly 170 points, as Wall Street welcomed the Bush administration's decision to tap Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve...

Stocks turned tail Thursday, as renewed economic worries and troubles at drug giant Pfizer Inc. helped push the Dow into a punishing 133-point drop that erased all of Wednesday's big...

Stocks moved lower Tuesday after a worse-than-expected inflation reading put investors in a cautious mood. The Dow Jones industrial average struggled briefly into positive territory in midsession, then weakened to...

Stocks rang up a solid advance Monday, paced by a couple of individual big gainers. Combined with Friday's upturn, equities have, for the first time this month, closed higher for...

Stocks churned their way to nowhere Thursday, as inflation fears continued to keep traders gloomy. The only discernible trend was investors' renewed interest in the tech sector. That allowed the...

Wall Street's slump deepened Wednesday, as interest-rate concerns continued to drive the stock market's October weakness. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 36.26 points, to 10,216.91. The broader Standard &...

Wall Street's attempt at a rally stalled Tuesday, as the blue-chip Dow industrial average, up 74 points at one point, ended the day clinging to a small gain, while broader...

`They call it stormy Monday," bluesman T-Bone Walker used to sing. The treasury-bond market was closed for Columbus Day, and stock trading volume was modest--but that doesn't mean things were...

A horse blessed with what racetrack regulars call a "big kick" appears undistinguished for much of a race, then in the home stretch breaks out of the pack with a...

Stocks slumped again Thursday, but things could have been worse. In what has become a familiar pattern of late, equity markets opened modestly higher, then declined at an accelerating clip...