Indexes slump on more housing weakness worries
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NEW YORK  -Stocks slid on Tuesday as the subprime mortgage crisis escalated, undermining banking shares while Home Depot Inc. and other housing-related companies lowered their outlooks.
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes each dropped by more than 2 percent on Tuesday after minutes from the August 7 Federal Reserve policy meeting showed growing concerns about housing and the consumer even before credit market turmoil picked up speed.
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Weak investment banking stocks weighed on European equity markets on Tuesday amid concerns about the sector&#39;s exposure to the troubled US housing market.
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Stocks tumbled on Monday on concerns that a persistent housing slump, combined with surging prices, posed the threat of 1970s-style stagflation.
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Stock futures slipped on Tuesday, as  investors were cautious ahead of key U.S. housing data that may  shed light on the troubled housing market.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after data showed deterioration in the employment and housing markets, underscoring concern that problems of the subprime mortgage market were spreading to the wider economy.
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Stocks fell on Monday as data pointing to further trouble in the housing sector fueled concerns about the outlook for the economy and corporate profits.
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Stocks tumbled on Monday on worries the housing slump was dragging on the economy at the same time inflation was posing a growing menace.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Friday, failing to hold on to early gains as a declining appetite for risk and concerns about the subprime mortgage market offset optimism about data showing steady job growth.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday, with the major indexes all down more than 1 percent, on worries about troubles in the subprime mortgage market spreading.
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday as worries about mortgage delinquencies hurt bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  underscored weakness in the housing market.
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Stocks declined on Monday, pressured by a sell-off in energy shares after oil prices dropped and worries that further evidence of weakness in the housing market could hurt consumer spending.
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Stock futures slipped on Monday as caution before a report expected to show more weakness in housing overshadowed news of the latest takeover activity.
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Sentiment toward the U.S. housing sector remained poor in December and a regional factory index showed weakness, while other data on Monday suggested the dollar's shrinking value had boosted trade and capital inflows in recent months.
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Stocks fell on Monday after data showed the inventory of unsold properties soared to its highest level in over 15 years as subprime mortgage market troubles continued to wreak havoc in the housing sector.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday as worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market fueled more caution, setting the Dow Jones industrial average on course to drop below the 12,000 level for the first time since November.
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U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as worries about bad mortgage debts hit bank shares and a warning from home builder Toll Brothers Inc.  reignited concern about weakness in the housing market.