financial crisis

World markets rose Thursday as investors grew more comfortable with riskier assets such as stocks after a pledge by the IMF to help stave off a financial crisis and as hopes rose for an agreement on the restructuring of Greece's debt.

The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that it's aiming to increase its financial firepower by around $500 billion so it can give out new loans to help ease a worsening financial crisis.

The IPO market got off to a strong start in 2011 in terms of deal flow, but the European financial crisis kicked in over the summer and put a stop to the offerings.

A new study found that just 7 percent of those who lost their jobs after the financial crisis have regained or exceeded their previous financial position.

In the whodunit of the financial crisis, the latest defense, surfacing in a fraud case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, is that federal regulators are to blame.

BAC crashed from over $50 before the 2008 financial crisis down to $3, recovered with a bounce toward $20 in 2010 and is now back down to its lowest prices since March 2009 when the market bottomed.

At these low prices, the stock must be either a really good opportunity or dying company , and everyone wants to know which.

Nov. 9 -- Philip Angelides, former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, talks about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and Greece's agreement to a 50 percent writedown on the nation's debt.

By Barry Ritholtz, Published: November 5 I have a fairly simple approach to investing: Start with data and objective evidence to determine the dominant elements driving the market action right now.

Figure out what objective reality is beneath all of the noise.

U.S. stocks rebounded Wednesday after a steep two-day drop as international leaders scrambled to save a week-old plan to prevent a financial crisis in Europe.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills dropping to the lowest level since the financial crisis in December 2008.