Stocks will turn to the Federal Reserve for direction next week, after the market's roller-coaster ride over the past five sessions reflected continued uncertainty over the problems still gripping the financial system and the economy.

When should you head to the clearance rack of retail stocks? Not yet, says Morgan Stanley retail analyst Gregory Melich. There is probably a series of markdowns yet to come. Hints of the future were plentiful last week. Target stock fell when the company

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Funds that invest in banks and brokerages are luring the most money this year even as the shares they buy post their biggest declines in almost five decades because of mounting credit-market losses.

Stocks in New York have eased off their morning gains as traders absorb a fresh slew of earnings, China's $586 billion economic stimulus package and a new bailout package for AIG.

General Electric Co shares tumbled nearly 10 percent on Wednesday as investors became panicky about how its massive financial arm was faring in the wake of the troubles at top financial institutions.