Stocks shudder on '87 crash anniversary
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NEW YORK  -Caterpillar Inc.'s warning that the housing slump was infecting the wider economy sent U.S. stocks tumbling by the most in more than two months on Friday, in a drop that was made more unnerving as it marked the 20th anniversary of the 1987 market crash.
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Twenty years ago today was the worst day in Dow history. What can you do before it happens again?
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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday as  investors were jolted by a more than $2 increase in oil prices,  while Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave a stark  reminder that interest rates were bound to go higher and warned  the appetite for the dollar would dwindle.
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Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday after weak employment data raised fears that the US economy could tip into recession, capping a torrid start to 2008 for US equities.
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On Wall Street, stocks had their worst weekly performance since January 2003.
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Stocks opened lower on Monday on the last day of 2007, with investors jittery ahead of existing home sales data.
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Stocks were mixed in volatile trading a day after the market suffered its worst slide since 2001 as weak economic data prompted investor worries.
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Twenty years ago, the stock market plunged in the greatest one-day percentage drop on record.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from such bellwethers as Caterpillar and Google, and more signals that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread.
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The Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 130 points, as investors grappled with a seemingly relentless rise in bond yields.
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The worst day in Dow history was just 20 years ago. What can you do before it happens again?
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Investors are expected to dump technology shares today in the wake of a financial update last night from bellwether Intel Corp. that one analyst called &quot;a disaster.
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Stocks declined Monday, the last day of a volatile and difficult year on Wall Street.
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Thursday brings a new crop of figures for investors to digest after 2008 got off to a rough start on the Street.
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US stocks were set for more pain on Friday as heightened credit concerns and fresh bad economic news weighed on investor sentiment.
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US stocks ended a tumultuous 2007 with a whimper Monday, retreating in the face of a new year fraught with worries about economic growth, a housing meltdown and tight credit.
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The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 306.95 points Thursday as investors confronted new chapters of a well-worn story: the economy is in trouble.