Topic: Market Risk

JPMorgan Chase shareholders to confront CEO Dimon

The nation's largest bank holds its annual meeting Tuesday in Tampa, Florida, where it's expected that some shareholders will ask Jamie Dimon to divest himself of one of his twin roles.

JP Morgan losses send Wall Street back to Capitol Hill (+video)

Congressional critics plan hearings to probe how America's largest bank posted $2 billion in trading losses – and whether new financial regulations, still being implemented, go far enough to rein in Wall Street abuses

JPMorgan Chase: Loss to force three executives to resign?

JPMorgan Chase loss of $2 billion has caused Chief Investment Officer Drew to tender her resignation, a source says. Two of her subordinates involved in the JPMorgan Chase loss are also expected to resign.

China stays cool as new US defense strategy targets Asia

Some Chinese scholars worry that the new US defense strategy could promote strategic competition in the long term. The most likely theater for crisis? The South China Sea.

Bankruptcy of MF Global hits farmers hard

Bankruptcy of the commodities trading firm may include some $1.2 million missing from customers accounts. Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses were cut off from the cash in their accounts when MF Global sought bankruptcy protection in October.

Back from Asia, Obama weighs strategic partnerships, China's economic muscle

Obama's stops in India and Indonesia balanced security with economic pressures. But back-to-back global summits in Japan and South Korea underscored the administration’s weaker hand with China.

Days later, mystery still shrouds stock market's 'flash crash'

Regulators tell Congress they're moving to erect new stock market 'circuit breakers' to pause trading when individual stocks fall quickly.

Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent?

The Supreme Court on Monday takes up this fundamental question in patent law. The answer holds billion-dollar implications for the US economy.

Are investors in the US and abroad losing faith in the dollar?

U.S. dollar faces threats to its reign

War spending, trade deficits, and devaluation against foreign currencies weigh on the greenback.

Mutual funds: A ride reserved for the strong at heart

The first quarter of '08 witnessed many investors shifting from stock- to money-market funds. They may miss out on a recovery.