Stocks crater for a second day in a row
Dow tumbles 546 points amid mounting investor fears over rising interest rates and trade war risks
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Why rising interest rates are rattling investors
The stock market is struggling to adjust to a new era, where returns are no longer juiced by ultra-low rates
Stock prices plummet Wednesday
The Dow Jones plunged more than 800 points Wednesday, its worst drop since February. Martin Baccardax from TheStreet.com joins CBSN to discuss why they saw such sharp drops, and how President Trump reacted.
After Dow nosedives, Trump says "the Fed has gone crazy"
The president has criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates
Stock prices tumble as interest rate fears grip Wall Street
With yields on the 10-year Treasury climbing again, investors are fretting that higher rates will slow growth
Dow, S&P close at record highs
Money poured into stocks, propelling the major U.S. markets sharply upward as investors shrugged off trade war risks
Why Wall Street is ignoring Trump's trade war
While other stock markets globally struggle, the U.S. is soaring -- so far -- thanks to strong growth and profits
Investors forgetting lessons from Lehman collapse
It's been a decade since the financial crisis. What followed? Only the longest bull market on record
3 forces pushing stock prices higher
Potential headwinds abound, but Wall Street keeps setting new record highs as investors focus on the positives
Tesla struggles following Musk's comments
Tesla's stock has been down since CEO Elon Musk said Friday that he will not attempt to take the company private after all. Editor-in-chief of Wired and CBS news contributor Nick Thompson joined CBSN with more on the challenges facing Tesla.
Why stocks could rally through election day
Wall Street's historical performance in midterm election years suggests the bullish market continues into 2019
Elon Musk says investors convinced him Tesla should stay public
Musk posted on Twitter earlier this month that he had the funding to take the company private at $420 a share
Would stocks really "crash" if Trump were impeached?
The president thinks the stock market would tank if he were impeached; Wall Street -- and history -- suggest otherwise
Trump: "If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash"
"I think everybody would be very poor," Trump tells Fox when asked if he could be impeached
What younger investors haven't seen: A bear market
A whole generation has enjoyed only rising stock prices -- what happens when Wall Street inevitably hits reverse?
What's behind bull market milestone
The stock market Wednesday could achieve its longest stretch of growth since March 2000. We're experiencing a bull market, which happens when the stock market grows a continuous rate without a dip of 20 percent. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high Tuesday, closing at more than 2,862 points. CBS News financial contributor Mellody Hobson joins "CBS This Morning" to break down what's behind the bull market and its limitations.
3 reasons for the longest bull market ever
With the S&P 500 on the cusp of a longevity record for a rally, here's a look at what's powering the run
How the long bull market shifted the most valuable companies
Of the top five public companies when this stock rally started in 2009, only one remains among that group today
U.S. stocks climb ahead of record for longest-ever bull market
The bull market is on the verge of becoming the longest in history, thanks to higher corporate profits
America's bull market nears record for longevity
The ongoing rally in stocks since early 2009 could hardly have been predicted -- the question now: When will it end?
U.S. stocks reverse mid-day on Turkey worries
The Turkish currency continued to slide, pulling down U.S. stock indexes and threatening some banks
Mark Zuckerberg faces investors' heat after Facebook's historic stock loss
One investor says his company's next ask of Facebook and its board is a separation of chair and CEO
Amazon's quarterly profits tops $2B for first time
E-commerce giant keeps minting money, as earnings soar despite weaker-than-expected sales
The stock market keeps shrugging off trade war
Despite ongoing trade disputes, many stocks are flirting with record highs -- are investors too confident?
Millennials' preferred investment is a loser
Unlike older Americans, this generation tends to steer clear of stocks and stashes money in cash instruments
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Oil prices plummet after Iran says Strait of Hormuz is "completely open"
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Trump signs executive order to research psychedelics for mental health
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