U.S. stocks fell after President Barack Obama's re-election, as investors quickly turned their attention toward the upcoming fiscal fight in Congress.

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Some interesting FOREX trading platforms...

Probably not the best choice of words, but I think I understand what Mr. Rogers means....

As the rock star Freddie Mercury (of Queen) sings - another one bites the dust!

Hedge funds that use quantitative strategies executed by computers suffered their biggest losses since October last month after being whipsawed by Europe’s sovereign debt crisis.

The New York Stock Exchange's top executive told lawmakers investors have lost faith in a financial marketplace that has evolved to prize speed and complexity over long-term investing.

Hmm..., he's just figuring this out! Guess someone forgot to send him the memo.

JPMorgan Chase may report a $4.2 billion second-quarter trading loss in its chief investment office, according to an estimate by International Strategy & Investment Group Inc.

Wall Street suffered its bloodiest day of the year as U.S. stocks sank more than 2% following an ugly jobs report.

Does anybody know what’s been driving down daily US trading volumes in recent years?

The New York Times floated a few possible explanations in a long article, and Josh Brown adds his thoughts in a good post as well.

Is it because the U.S. has been approaching (and have now begun) the boomer retirement, driving more flows into bonds and less to equities and equity ETFs

Or could it be that many Americans just don't trust the markets - with all the corruption on Wall Street, our government, ....?

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Regulators are investigating potential civil violations surrounding the $2 billion loss that JPMorgan Chase disclosed on Thursday, raising further questions about trading activities at the U.S.’s biggest bank.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened a preliminary investigation into JPMorgan’s accounting practices and public disclosures about the trades, according to people briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is not public. Regulators learned about the activities in April, and formally opened an investigation in recent days, the people said.

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