Matthew Craft

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Fear-gauge flashes wild week on Wall Street

Matthew Craft · October 17, 2014 8:33 pm

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, as investors set aside worries about the protests in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks slip, leaving S&P 500 down for September

Matthew Craft · September 30, 2014 9:48 pm

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stocks are opening slightly higher Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, as investors set aside worries about the protests in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

US stocks meander in afternoon trading

Matthew Craft · September 30, 2014 7:03 pm

FILE - This Jan. 4, 2010 file photo shows an entrance to a Wall Street subway station in New York. Global stocks markets were mostly higher Thursday Sept. 25, 2014 after a surge in new home sales in the U.S. bolstered sentiment. But gains were limited by worries about Europe's stagnant economy and violence in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks rise at the end of a rough week; Nike jumps

Matthew Craft · September 26, 2014 7:02 pm

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo shows a Wall Street street sign near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The British pound jumped and world stock benchmarks rose Friday Sept. 19, 2014 as Scotland voted to stay part of the United Kingdom, avoiding a messy breakup that could have roiled financial markets. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

As Wall Street watches Alibaba, stocks drift

Matthew Craft · September 19, 2014 9:08 pm

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo shows a Wall Street street sign near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Global stock markets mostly rose Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 cheered by the prospect of more gains on Wall Street and a sense that Ukraine tensions are easing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Renewed fighting in Ukraine rattles stocks

Matthew Craft · August 15, 2014 8:30 pm

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World stock markets remained on the back foot Monday, July 21, 2014, as tensions grew between Russia and the West over the downing of an airliner in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

US stock slip to start the week; Six Flags sinks

Matthew Craft · July 21, 2014 9:06 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, a window washer cleans off the lettering at Morgan Stanley headquarters, in New York. Morgan Stanley reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Morgan Stanley quarterly profit more than doubles

Matthew Craft · July 17, 2014 4:35 pm

A man walks past a Wells Fargo branch in Philadelphia. Chief Executive Officer Timothy Sloan is working to rebuild the San Francisco-based lender's reputation after a string of settlements over claims of customer exploitation.

Wells Fargo profit edges up 3 percent in quarter

Matthew Craft · July 11, 2014 4:13 pm

FILE - In this June 17, 2014 file photo, Argentina's Economy MInister Axel Kicillof talks to the media during a news conference to explain the recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Argentina's bond default and discuss how the government plans to proceed, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For over a decade, Argentina avoided paying $1.5 billion it owed to U.S. hedge funds for defaulted bonds. But after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case this week, the country must pay up by the end of this month. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia, File)

Argentina’s debt fight: What it is, why it matters

Matthew Craft · June 28, 2014 2:56 pm

FILE - This Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo shows the American flag and Wall St. street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Asian stocks slumped Friday, June 27, 2014, after a reports showed weak U.S. consumer spending and slowing Chinese industrial profit growth, casting doubts on whether the world's two biggest economies can rebound. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks notch tiny gains, but still end week lower

Matthew Craft · June 27, 2014 8:43 pm

FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Asian stocks rose Thursday, June 26, 2014, tracing gains on Wall Street, where shares shrugged off a poor quarterly economic report as a blip and instead factored in rebounding growth even as policymakers maintain ultralow interest rates. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Stocks head lower on Wall Street, led by banks

Matthew Craft · June 26, 2014 8:35 pm