Drone maker AeroVironment posted higher earnings for its latest quarter, in part due to a $1.1 million tax benefit, though its revenue declined amid sagging sales in its efficient energy systems division.

Oil prices sold off sharply Tuesday, giving back a chunk of their prior-day surge, as fresh signals of oversupply and weak demand buffeted the market and analysts cautioned about the sustainability of the recent rally.

U.S. stocks fell Tuesday following five straight sessions of gains, their longest winning streak since October.

The Senate Banking Committee is set to hold a confirmation hearing on March 15 for the Obama administration’s two nominees for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cargill Inc. plans to scale back antibiotics use in its U.S. cattle supply, one of the most significant steps yet among beef processors to reduce reliance on drugs used to treat human illnesses.

Gold prices fell Tuesday, as negative Chinese exports data pushed some investors to lock in gains on commodities after a lengthy rally.

Plunging government bond yields in Japan on Tuesday rippled globally, pushing down yields in the U.S., Germany and the U.K.

Natural gas futures slipped as the market came to terms with the apparent early end to a tepid winter heating season.

United Continental shareholders are getting restless. That is a problem for management.

Stocks, junk bonds and commodities have rallied of late. But so have safe havens like gold and the yen—a sign uncertainty still reigns.

Square’s shares have popped more than 40% from last month’s low. But investors shouldn’t expect too much from Wednesday’s quarterly results.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Saudi Aramco, plans to nearly double its gas production to 23 billion standard cubic feet a day in 10 years, Chief Executive Amin Nasser said Tuesday.

The U.S. Office of Financial Research said the ripple effects from a large bank default could be nine times larger across the banking sector than what is contemplated under existing stress tests of individual firms.

The U.S. Energy Department lowered its price expectations for the global Brent crude contract this year and next, saying it expected supplies to grow more than previously anticipated.

Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney said the possible departure of the U.K. from the European Union represents the biggest domestic risk to the country’s financial stability.

Strip malls and shopping centers, often seen as suburban eyesores, are boosting profits at their landlords.

Real-estate investors are betting London is on track to deliver a rare feat: the lasting revitalization of neighborhoods around an Olympic park, years after the games ended.

New signs of weakness are surfacing in the U.S. commercial-property market, ending a half-decade run of improvement with steadily climbing values.

A Morgan Stanley broker who manages more than $550 million has ditched his wirehouse roots to join an independent wealth-management firm affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services Inc.

The mystery investor building a stake in U.K. fashion retailer Burberry seems to be betting on either a Chinese rebound or a new bout of cost-cutting.

The International Monetary Fund is pushing many of the world’s largest economies to boost spending amid weakening growth prospects. But not at the expense of monetary policy.

The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond hit a new low in negative territory and longer-term bond yields also fell to record lows.

Performance Sports Group Ltd. slashed its earnings forecast on Tuesday, citing weakness in the baseball and softball equipment markets, the bankruptcy of a customer and extra bad debt reserves for U.S. hockey customers.

The global economy is set to slow over coming months, with growth weakening in most developed economies even as it stabilizes in China, according to leading indicators released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The eurozone still has a problem with high debt levels, even as others like the U.K. and U.S. reduce their burdens. Inflation by almost any means is needed and soon.

The demise of the high-end London housing boom pushed down profits last year for U.K. real-estate agent Foxtons Group PLC, one of the biggest property brokers in the capital.

U.S. housing has become a tale of two markets, with lower-priced homes selling quickly even as inventory of expensive ones piles up.

A Vale-Fortescue alliance spells plenty of iron-ore supply into future. The material’s price rally may end up like a lead balloon.

SoftBank has long traded below the sum of its parts, but a clean split into stable cash cow and high-growth portfolio would help narrow the discount.

The Goldman Sachs partner who handled deals for a controversial Malaysian government investment fund was suspended and later quit after bank investigators found he allegedly violated company policies.

China shares fell Tuesday amid worries the government might try to cool speculative activity in the country’s top property markets.

Days after central banks initiated a stress test of two trade-plumbing firms in Europe, LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd. said Germany’s Maple Bank GmbH had defaulted on its financial obligations at the clearinghouse operator.

The ​Goldman Sachs partner who handled deals for a controversial Malaysian government investment fund was suspended and later quit after bank investigators found he allegedly violated firm policies.

China Construction Bank has become the first Chinese bank to participate in the London silver price fix, in a further demonstration of the country’s footprint in global financial markets.

The price of iron ore jumped by almost 20% as investors bet China will stimulate its economy and buoy demand for this key steelmaking ingredient.

Nickel is one of the worst-performing commodities, hitting a 13-year low last month even as other metals have recovered in recent weeks.

BATS Global Markets Inc.’s profit surged in 2015 as the exchange operator prepares to go public this year, roughly four years after technical woes forced it to cancel plans to go public.

Central clearing shifts and reduces risk but doesn’t eliminate it, finds Ivana Ruffini of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s economic research department.

Visium Asset Management, a $8 billion hedge-fund firm run by Jacob Gottlieb, is being investigated by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission over trading and valuation issues.

In House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office, the Labor Department’s proposed fiduciary rule has been dubbed “Obamacare for financial planning.”

The riskiest part of the U.S. corporate-bond market is staging a comeback, marking an upswing in investor confidence following a turbulent start to the year.

FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg waved warning flags on interest rate risk, the energy sector and cyberthreats on Monday at the Institute of International Bankers conference.

Some retailers are requiring customers to buy the cards with cash or asking that they show identification, a consequence of new rules that put them on the hook for fraud.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau signaled its increasing scrutiny of the growing online marketplace for loans, encouraging borrowers to submit complaints when they encounter problems with online lenders.

U.S. financial policy makers are taking stock of the rule book written after the financial crisis and considering whether regulations designed to create safer markets have made them less functional. But it isn’t clear they are ready to erase any parts of the new regime just yet.

The dollar slipped against the yen and euro Monday, after a Federal Reserve official called for a cautious approach to raising interest rates.

Casey’s General Stores said its earnings fell 3.1% in the latest quarter as revenue missed analysts’ expectations and gasoline sales fell despite stronger volume.

An administrative error at a popular BlackRock Inc. exchange-traded gold product led it to sell more shares than it had registered with regulators and could open it up to penalties, according to a filing.

Natural-gas prices settled higher on expectations that a decline in drilling will lead to lower production.

The U.S. government bond market remained under selling pressure on Monday, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note to a fresh one-month high.

Gold prices edged down Monday after spending most of the day shuffling between gains and losses amid uncertainty ahead of rate decisions by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.

Many sports figures need help conserving their earnings to last a lifetime, this adviser says.

Oil prices surged on hopes that declines in oil drilling around the world and an output deal among major producers would shrink the global glut of crude.

President Barack Obama defended his administration’s record on financial regulation and said that shadow banking, cybersecurity, and executive-compensation rules would be top priorities during his remaining months in office.

This week should provide the perfect opportunity for betting on a stronger dollar, but not so fast.

A Federal Reserve economist says the effect of a pileup of regulatory changes on market liquidity is an ongoing concern, and while markets’ resiliency has been tested lately, a fuller vetting remains.

The national bank regulator is looking at whether guidance is needed to address bankers’ fears of violating anti-money-laundering laws.

How Dick’s Sporting Goods benefits from Sports Authority’s bankruptcy filing will help determine whether shares can bounce back from a difficult 12 months.

Decisions in two federal courts may undermine an argument critical to Fannie and Freddie shareholder lawsuits.

The U.S. Treasury is continuing to push for more policies to establish a level playing field between foreign and U.S. banks, said Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Nathan Sheets.

The Federal Reserve actually has plenty of ammunition left. But it doesn’t work in its conventional weapons.

A British judge has adjourned a case in which he was asked to decide who is the rightful leader of Libya’s $67 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Libyan Investment Authority.

The Egyptian government has replaced the head of a department that recently caused international controversy when it rejected a shipment of imported grain for containing a toxic fungus.

Many investors headed for the exit in emerging markets in 2015. That creates an opportunity for 2016.

The average bonus on Wall Street fell 9% to $146,200 in 2015, making it the lowest average in three years as profits continued to slip at securities firms, New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said Monday.

The proposed $50 billion valuation placed on Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Financial would make it one of the top 10 financial firms in China, and could generate a huge windfall for shareholders

The finance chief of Electricité de France has resigned, seemingly in protest over plans to build a new nuclear power plant in the U.K. The French company is in particularly tight bind.

With the European Central Bank’s next meeting looming, analysts and investors have begun to take a much closer look at how negative-rate policies affect bank balance sheets and how that might vary across the eurozone’s different economies.

Investors are hanging a valuation of nearly $50 billion on Alibaba’s deal-hungry financial-services affiliate Ant Financial, the latest sign of appetite for the sector.

An adviser has a suggestion for a man looking to benefit both his family and his religious home.

Barclays PLC hired nine people including former Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker Carlo Calabria to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions business.

‘Corporate centers’, a vaguely defined area set up as a catch-all for shared costs, is becoming a dumping ground for losses related to everything from bad acquisitions to penalties for wayward business practices.

Shares in Old Mutual soared as much as 11% amid speculation about a possible breakup of the banking and investment company after it said it was considering all options as part of a strategic review.

Global crude markets will see a correction before the end of this year as current prices are forcing all producers to freeze their production, the United Arab Emirates’ energy minister said Monday.

Chinese shares rallied Monday as investors focused on China’s plans to prop up the slowing economy, boosting stocks in such sectors as construction, technology and pharmaceuticals.

The bull run that real-estate investment trusts have been on since the financial crisis makes them pricey.

A possible U.S. export ban on components destined for Chinese tech giant ZTE shows how reliant China remains for foreign hardware.

After long playing defense over her close ties to Wall Street, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton tried to shift the terms of the argument at the Democratic debate, blasting her challenger for opposing financial-industry bailout funds that were also used to keep afloat the auto industry in 2009.

The ECB is expected to push a key interest rate further into negative territory on Thursday, a move that is at once widely anticipated by markets and viewed with trepidation.

Wall Street’s earnings estimates for S&P 500 companies are falling at the fastest pace since the height of the financial crisis.

Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has named Robert E. Moritz as its new global chairman effective July 1. Mr. Moritz has been PwC’s U.S. chairman and senior partner since 2009.

For Iqbal Khan, the man charged with running the international wealth-management business at Credit Suisse Group, the timing has been awful.

As Shake Shack gets set to report fourth-quarter earnings, the stock’s valuation is too beefy to justify at these levels.

China’s leaders signaled new rules to free up company listings will be introduced later than many investors were expecting, in the latest sign that ensuring stability has become Beijing’s policy priority.

China’s lower growth target is still too high, and Beijing will do things it shouldn’t, especially pumping lending into the economy, to get there.

Among the most surprising of Donald Trump’s supporters are two billionaire financiers who once teamed up against him in a legal battle. A real-estate investor also endorsed him.

A credit boom is creating anxiety among executives and economists over heightened risks in China’s financial system and a wave of soured loans.

When Urban Outfitters and Aéropostale report earnings, investors will be looking for signs of a recovery in the struggling teen-retail sector. Store chains catering to teens have been hard hit in the past few years by declining mall traffic and changing tastes that eschew logo-laden clothes.

Working on your tax return? Put your records in order now to cope with a challenge from the Internal Revenue Service down the road.

BlackRock said it suspended the issuance of new shares in its roughly $8 billion gold exchange-traded product due to an administrative oversight, the latest setback for the world’s largest asset-management firm and the exchange-traded fund industry.

Just weeks after a market swoon had left investors doubting the strength of the U.S. expansion, shares are climbing.

U.S. oil prices rose for a third consecutive week as drilling continued to decline.

The Federal Reserve eased its plan to limit big banks’ credit exposure to one another, taking into account industry concerns as it continues to hone rules aimed at restricting the financial interconnections that exacerbated the 2008 crisis.

AMC Entertainment shareholders should benefit from the company’s ability to quickly cut costs at Carmike Cinemas.

Lackluster trading is likely to weigh once again on banks’ first-quarter results.

Natural gas prices settled higher after falling to a fresh multi-decade low, but concerns about a glut of fuel capped gains.

The dollar gave back earlier gains Friday, as mixed February jobs data led investors to believe a rate increase from the Federal Reserve remains distant.

Fresh signs of a robust U.S. labor market drove investors to sell U.S. government debt Friday, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year note to a one-month high.

For some people, the best way to hit the investment target is by not even taking aim.

Are the markets, especially recently buoyant commodities and emerging markets, correctly predicting a ​global economic rebound? Friday’s U.S. trade data say these markets are wrong.

Financial advisers need to speak with clients about the Labor Department’s pending rule, a practice-management expert says.

Gold prices rose Friday, as investors bet the Federal Reserve was no closer to raising interest rates after U.S. employment data showed wages fell in February.

The U.S. oil-rig count fell by eight to 392 in the latest week, according to Baker Hughes Inc., reaching levels last seen in late 2009.

Biotechnology stocks have stabilized, but the road forward isn’t entirely smooth.

The February jobs report was good enough to prove wrong recent fears the U.S. is in danger of slipping into recession, but the Federal Reserve still needs to tread carefully on raising rates.

Staples Inc. swung to a fourth-quarter profit, though its results came in below Wall Street views, as sales declined while the company continues to seeks regulatory approval for its deal to buy rival Office Depot Inc.

U.K. property shares are pricing in the next crash. A slowdown looks more likely.

Norway’s government in January tapped into its sovereign-wealth fund to cover its expenses, for the first time since the fund was established in 1996, in another sign that falling oil revenues are taking a toll on crude producers.

AMC Entertainment agreed to buy Carmike Cinemas in a cash deal that would make a Chinese-owned company the largest movie-theater operator in the U.S.