Stocks fall as default worries hit financials
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Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial shares to their worst decline in a month.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, led lower by tech shares as investors worried about the impact of a slowing economy on the outlook for profits.
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday, sending the Nasdaq Composite index down more than 1 percent, amid rising concerns about the subprime mortgage lending market and the diminishing appetite for risk in the latest leg of the global equity sell-off.
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Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial services shares for their worst drop in a month.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, after disappointing quarterly results from companies such as Comcast Corp  and as investors worried financial services companies would report more big losses from the credit crisis.
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Stocks slid on Thursday afternoon, with financial shares hurt by rising bond yields.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, capping a third straight weekly decline, on a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending.
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Stocks fell on Thursday after disappointing results from Comcast  and engine maker Cummins  fed worries about corporate profits, while fears of more credit losses hit financial shares.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as signs of   housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for   interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for   consumer spending and corporate profits.
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Stocks fell on Friday, capping their worst week in more than four years, as a rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday as banks and brokers retreated on concerns about the impact of tightening credit on takeovers and the subprime mortgage industry.
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Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry drove down financial services shares and the price of oil hit a 2007 high.
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U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, with investors uncertain that equities could avert further losses amid lingering concerns about economic growth and fallout from a slowing housing market.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as rising bond yields fueled concern about higher borrowing costs, offsetting earlier optimism about a $20 billion buyout of Hilton Hotels Corp.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as financial stocks fell on mortgage concerns, overshadowing earlier optimism about the technology sector's profit outlook.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, with both the Dow and Nasdaq losing more than 2 percent, after a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending sounded the latest recession alarm.
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Stocks opened the week in grim fashion in Asia and Europe, falling heavily amid worries about banking sector debts and a slowdown in the U.S. economy. Wall Street was modestly lower.