Shares plummet as subprime worries rise
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Stocks plunged on Tuesday in their second-worst sell-off of the year as the impact of losses in the subprime mortgage group cascaded across the financial sector, knocking down shares of investment banks and traditional lenders.
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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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Stocks closed down for a third session on Tuesday as higher bond yields raised concerns about borrowing costs and more fallout from the subprime mortgage market kept investors on edge.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday as growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market dragged down shares of Bear Stearns Cos.  and Goldman Sachs Group .
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Stocks declined on Monday, led lower by financial shares, as a rush by savers to withdraw deposits at a large British mortgage lender fueled worries the credit market turmoil would spread.
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Stocks dropped sharply in morning trading as a familiar scourge â losses stemming from subprime home loans â struck two prominent players in the financial industry.
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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.
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Stocks dropped on Tuesday as trouble in the subprime mortgage market fueled selling of financial sector shares and the housing slump took a toll on companies' outlooks.
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Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns wrestle with the subprime problems, turning in disappointing earnings results.
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London shares fell on Tuesday as investors reacted to fresh banking sector losses linked to the subprime housing crisis in the United States.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday after weak employment data and a record drop in a home sales index heightened concern that turmoil in the subprime mortgage market was hurting the wider U.S. economy.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, with all three major averages down over 1 percent, as a pair of troubled Bear Stearns hedge funds stoked concerns that other investment banks may face large losses from subprime mortgages.
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The shares of U.S. commercial and investment banks fell on Tuesday after two bond rating agencies started to downgrade billions of dollars of securities backed by subprime bonds, triggering concerns that bond sales and lending businesses could slow.
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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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European equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday, with financial stocks heading the losses, as concerns over the state of the US subprime mortgage market hit banking stocks.
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The stock market fell sharply last week as the subprime mortgage crisis spilled over into the broad financial markets.
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Mortgage and shopping blues combine to push stocks lower.