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March 6, 2009, was the S&P 500's darkest hour during the financial crisis, and since then everyone has studied investor behavior to understand how the market might react in the future.
Such financial "engineering" has been criticized for years, but there's little evidence that reducing the payout ratio would somehow magically improve profits.
We are still in the longest bull market on record, yet the entire trading community seems convinced the bull is about to roll over.
The good news, such as progress on trade talks, the Fed putting rate hikes on hold and strong market momentum, has been offset by clear signs of slower global growth
Already earnings season has seen many companies have cited increased costs as an issue, including Harley-Davidson, Caterpillar, Eastman Chemical, Fortune Brands Home and Ford.
There is an outside chance 2019 could be an all-time record for initial public offerings, passing even the legendary 1999 and 2000 years.
The S&P is in an environment where investors have priced in a lot of positives, but there is very limited earnings growth.
The earnings guidance has been lousy in the last 24 hours, yet the stock market is taking it all in stride.
The government shutdown is beginning to seriously affect the business of Wall Street, in particular the critical issue of IPOs.
Some big U.S. companies are giving guidance for 2019 that meets or beats expectations
Trade talk rumors are boosting an already healthy rally but the bad news may be that the markets are pricing in a favorable trade deal.
Earnings have reset lower but are still seen growing in the mid-single digits for 2019, and recession fears have eased.
Bogle's central insight was that money managers were almost never worth their high fees.
Fear about the government shutdown, the tariff war and the slowdown in China are all still around, but now investors are also afraid of missing out on the rally.
With the SEC hobbled by the partial government shutdown, now in Day 26, companies that want to go public this year are facing possible roadblocks.
Now three weeks into the partial federal government shutdown, analysts are starting to talk about the potential effects on businesses and consumers.
A CNBC reporter since 1990, Bob Pisani covers Wall Street from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
The U.S. and China will need to overcome significant hurdles in resolving long-term disagreements if they are to build on the momentum from the past week of trade talks.
The United States is planning to delay a menu of additional Chinese tariffs that were scheduled to begin on March 1.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on its best winning streak since 1995, but the 'godfather' of chart analysis, says a pullback is necessary before rallying further.
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