The bright side to the long darkness of the impending recession/depression is that whether cyclical, secular, or black swan event, these troughs form the valleys from which new periods of prosperity emerge.

After eight sessions of huge losses that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) down nearly 2,400 points, the major indices all rebounded in early Monday trading on moves in Europe to stabilize their banking system and news that the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department are meeting today with "leading financial market participants" to finalize the market stabilization initiative.

After plummeting below 8,000 shortly after the market opened, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) recovered somewhat, and managed to finish down about 100 at 8,450.

It seems that no news or measure that the U.S. takes can stem the blood loss. Despite news that the U.S. is considering taking equity stakes in banks to inject liquidity quickly into the financial markets, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) continued its dizzying slide.

Markets worldwide tumbled, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped below 10,000 for the first time since 2004, as the world tried to determine if the Wall Street bailout passed last Friday will work ... or not.

With the recent stock market turmoil, one has to hope people didn't look at what was happening to Google stock late today and assume it was just another stock tanking. Especially not when the price of the stock dropped to as low as $0.01 during trading just before market close.

Last night the Federal Reserve announced yet another bailout, this time of AIG. The Fed has agreed to a two-year, $85 billion loan to AIG in exchange for a nearly 80% stake in the company.

Diversity keeps you warm. At least that is true while you're having a shower in youth hostels. If you like, this sums up the research project just published by scientists from the Universities of Fribourg and Bonn. Their result is not as trivial as it sounds. Ultimately it shows that heterogeneity provides stability, whether this is in a shower, in power grids or even on the stock market.

The week ended quietly on Wall Street, says A. G. Edwards market commentator Alfred E. Goldman, corporate vice president and chief market strategist at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

As a director of Montello Resources (TSXV: MEO), a financial journalist and seasoned stock speculator, Marc Davis doesn’t get particularly caught up in the excitement of most oil & gas drill projects any more. But there are rare exceptions.

The average value of Americans’ 401(k) plans will be substantially higher in real terms by the year 2040 even if stock market returns fall short of their historical values, according to new research by a team of economists from MIT, Harvard and Dartmouth.

Investing Systems announced the results from Friday's (July 20) scan of the market for the Stock Picker RT software.