The Markets The first quarter of 2014 offered up all the excitement and chills of a thriller. First, stock markets careened like runaway mining cars

The Markets Whether it’s good news or bad news, it is often surprising how investors and markets react. Last week, Russia annexed Crimea and the

The Markets After a series of moves that proved far more effective, but were almost as complicated as the Acme Corporation strategies Wile E. Coyote

The Markets Russian President Vladimir Putin sure has stirred up a hornets’ nest. Why is annexing the Crimean peninsula and, possibly, Ukraine such a priority

The Markets Okay, so Russia sending troops into Ukraine’s CrimeanPeninsula did unsettle world markets. At least it did on Monday. Like a diver plummeting off

The Markets If you think Russia could have found a colder place to hold the winter Olympics than Sochi, where the average January 2014 temperature

The Markets Behind the dark clouds of volatile markets there appears to be a silver lining. That may be hard to believe when so many

The Markets With the enthusiasm of new love, American stock markets pushed higher during Valentine’s week. Were investors enamored with the Federal Reserve’s new Chairwoman,

The Markets American stocks bounced last week like a skier pounding moguls on an Olympic freestyle course. Some found it difficult to understand why stocks

The Markets If investors were fishermen, they’d probably toss January 2014 right back into the stream. At the end of the month, U.S. stocks (S&P