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Errors of human judgment can infect even the smartest people.

Call it what you will, but the rapidly spreading Covid-19 is a black swan that may sweep through the middle east in Europe even as it slows in China.

Fallout from the coronavirus outbreak has further weakened global demand for oil and gas, posing a greater challenge to a sector where many companies are saddled with debt.

While uncertainty about COVID-19's economic impact remains high, fear of a plunge in fear could send stocks back up in the weeks ahead.

Prior to the outbreak of Coronavirus, there was a theoretical question over which assets would prove defensive in the next downturn.

Technology has changed the world since the last major global virus scare, for better and for worse.

The coronavirus is another test for globalization, with many signs that the world is now becoming more fractured

Mortgage lenders often offer help to borrowers after a hurricane or other natural disaster, but mortgage-forbearance programs can end up hurting homeowners.

With over 3,000 deaths, the human cost of the virus is undoubtedly high, but are stock markets over-estimating the economic cost?

The Supreme Court is set to weigh arguments about disgorgement, one of the SEC's strongest weapons against those who fleece investors.

Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on this week's news.

Two New York financiers were convicted Friday and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in an Oklahoma state court on criminal charges that they illegally took control of a local insurer using millions of dollars of counterf...

Customers of the firms had trouble accessing online accounts on Friday morning, angering investors who couldn't trade as stock markets fell.

Across the globe, markets lost a staggering $6 trillion in value this week.