bear market

The Wall Street crisis has a lot of ordinary investors worried about their portfolios. Knight Kiplinger, editor in chief of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and the Kiplinger Newsletter, says people should ride out the bear market.

He believes if investors want a safer environment, they should move their money into CDs or money market funds.

Maybe there is some symbolism for Wall Street in this business story. Police in New York say a young bull escaped and was running free on the streets of Queens.

Sadly, the bull died Wednesday. With all the bear market headlines this week, Wall Street traders could surely use every bull that's out there.

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With U.S. equities down 24% and foreign shares off 33% from their October peak, you probably think Wall Street is broken.

It's not. In fact, dramatic downturns are actually a sign the market is working. Let me explain.

"Look at how well these investments performed during the 2000-02 bear market!" This is the line I've been hearing from mutual fund companies and other investment providers trying to sell me on the superiority of their products (and get me to put clients into them).

U.S. stocks were poised to fall deeper into bear market territory at Tuesday's open amid nervousness about corporate profits and mounting woes in the financial sector.

Some economists are saying that the economy has slumped into a "bear market," but what does that term really mean?

Co-host Ari Shapiro talks with David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal, who says that the way experts talk about the economy can have a significant impact on it.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes more than 20% below its October peak, making it a bear market.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday morning, starting off the year's second half on a sour note, with the Dow falling into bear market territory amid higher fuel prices and more bank sector worries.

Question: I have a pretty vanilla investment portfolio and an advisor who tells me to stay the course every time I call him while freaking out about the market.

This money is my nest egg. I invest conservatively with mutual funds not individual stocks/ bonds. In other words, should I stay the course or freak out and sell?

Worst month for stocks since the Great Depression. A bear market. Oil blows past $140. These are the times that try long-term investors' souls.