Stocks rose from the opening bell, lifting the Dow Jones industrial average above 16,000 for the first time and the Standard & Poor's 500 index past 1,800, two big markers in a historic bull market. But by the end of day, both indexes had fallen below those levels.

Strong earnings from big U.S. companies helped push the stock market mostly higher in early trading Friday.

U.S. stocks are slipping in early trading Friday, breaking a three-day rally.

America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.

Stocks are moving higher Wednesday morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its massive economic stimulus programs.

Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central banks flooding the financial system with money. But you may want to spare a thought, and a healthy dose of worry, for what is...

A big gain in the job market is lifting the stock market to a record high.

Last in a three-part series on the loss of middle-class jobs in the wake of the Great Recession, and the role of technology.