Topic: NYSE

With shares of Facebook expected to begin trading later this week, you may be among the 900 million active users looking to get a piece of the action. But before you hit the buy button there are a few things you should know.

“It sounds spectacular. However, this is the move that we have already seen twice over the last 80 years,” said Philippe Gijsels of BNP Paribas Fortis.

Dead may be an exaggeration, but it's difficult not to worry about the health of an entity that has seen the life sapped of it since the onset of the financial crisis.

Allowing high-frequency computer traders into the stock market is like letting “rats in the granary,” Warren Buffett’s right-hand man said in an exclusive CNBC interview.

Earnings growth is running at nearly 8 percent for the first quarter, better than expected, but companies are issuing the most negative outlooks for the second quarter since late 2008.

The old adage of "sell in May and go away" applies this year just like it did in previous years as problems that plagued the economy in recent years remain unresolved, Richard Cookson, global chief investment officer at Citi Private Bank told CNBC.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, said first-quarter profits were steady, bolstered by strong inflows into its popular iShares exchange-traded fund business.

TDAmeritrade Holding on Wednesday announced plans to transfer its common stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange, effective April 25.

The breakdown on the BATS Global Markets exchange was stunning, but market disruptions have been common enough to rattle some investors’ confidence. A review of industry data shows that disruptions large and small are a daily occurrence. The New York Times reports.

Shares of Annie's soared more than 89 percent to close at $35.92 for their market debut on Wednesday, as investors banked on the growth of the natural foods category.

There is value in stock markets across the board and - this may come as a surprise to some - there has been a bull market since 2009, Chris Tinker, founding partner at Libra Investment Services told CNBC.

Deutsche Boerse plans to sue the European Commission for blocking its $9 billion merger with NYSE Euronext, to recoup merger costs and keep the door open for future deals in the derivative markets.

From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest pops?

Despite the turmoil over Greece, and questions over the euro zone bloc’s very survival, equities remain undervalued, market watchers told CNBC.

It's only a matter of time before the central bank's easy-money policy affects inflation expectations and inflation itself, spooking investors.