Profit warnings, subprime worries weigh
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Stocks fell on Tuesday after profit warnings from Home Depot Inc.  and Sears Holdings Corp. , while trouble in the subprime mortgage market fueled a sell-off among shares of financial companies.
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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 Wednesday as worries over the worsening subprime mortgage market fueled more caution, sending the Dow Jones industrial average below the 12,000 level for the first time since November.
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Stock indexes hardly budged on Monday as the reemergence of turmoil in the subprime mortgage market kept investors cautious despite a fresh round of corporate takeovers.
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Stocks edged lower on Tuesday as bond yields rose and possible fallout from the subprime mortgage market kept investors on edge.
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Troubles in the subprime mortgage sector could put Wall Street on edge next week just as investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer Price Index, to shore up the market's nascent recovery after its recent plunge.
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Stock indexes were little changed on Monday with renewed worries about the subprime mortgage market offsetting optimism about corporate takeovers.
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U.S. stocks took a beating yesterday largely because poor earnings from one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders renewed concerns about whether the housing downturn could damage the broader economy.
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Federal bank regulators, worried about a surge in defaults on high-risk home mortgages, on Friday called on lenders to exercise caution in making subprime loans and closely evaluate borrowers' ability to repay them.
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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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Stock futures held steady on Tuesday, suggesting Wall Street may pare Monday's losses triggered by growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market.
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Earnings from Countrywide Financial prompted concerns that the subprime loan problem is slowing growth in the U.S. economy.
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U.S. stocks fell at the open on Tuesday after profit warnings from retailer Sears Holdings Corp.  and home builder D.R. Horton Inc  as the housing slump took its toll, raising concerns about the quarter's earnings outlook.
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Merrill Lynch warned yesterday that shaky credit markets forced it to reduce the value of securities linked to risky subprime mortgages and other products, a move that could hurt third-quarter profit.
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Stocks headed for a lower open today amid renewed concerns that soured subprime loans will wreak financial havoc and upend the recent run-up on Wall Street.
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Shares on Wall Street looked set for  a weaker start on Wednesday as concerns about the U.S. subprime  mortgage market resurfaced ahead of U.S. housing and key  inflation data and a slew of corporate earnings.
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Wall Street was poised to open lower Wednesday as concerns about subprime loans continued to dog the stock market, which declined sharply a day earlier.