Retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores, are posting solid same-store sales growth in June, as expected, as seasonal weather and tax rebate checks helped get consumers to the store.

U.S. retailers, led by the discounters, are expected to post slightly better June same- store sales this week, thanks to seasonal weather and rebate checks that have made their way to cash registers, mostly for basic items such as gasoline and food.

Earnings season kicked off Monday, and investors are bracing for some fairly ugly results, especially in the beaten-down financial sector.

As investors come to terms with the fact that the U.S. economy is either in or heading toward a recession, Wall Street is bracing for earnings season, which kicks off Monday with Alcoa.

While the rest of the country worries that a recession is finally here, some investors are...well,  shopping for bargains.

Today’s weaker-than-expected jobs report is putting pressure on stocks and has some investors uttering the “R word.”  To help investors protect their portfolios in this uncertain market environment, CNBC asked the experts for advice.

Two market players advise investors to think long-term, and recall that previous downturns were followed by even more powerful upturns.

Stocks skidded back into correction territory as investors worried that the tumbling economy may not only cripple mortgage lenders like Countrywide Financial but create problems for other companies like AT&T.