Even before stocks skipped the Santa rally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had a bleak start to the month.

Some of the question marks for the coming year: How will Chief Executive Elon Musk’s foray into politics will play out? And how fast and seamless will Tesla’s new projects, including a cheaper EV and vehicle redesigns, come to market?

Crude-oil prices climbed on Tuesday, but the U.S.-traded benchmark finished the year only marginally above where it started.

There’s a solid market for collectable bubbly, say experts, even if prices for some bottles have declined in the past year.

Come Jan. 1, 2025, a slew of laws are going into effect in several states that will affect millions of Americans’ wallets and day-to-day lives.

A key corner of the U.S. stock market was flashing an ominous signal just ahead of the new year.

The small-cap won’t receive an expected payout in the first quarter, creating a cash overhang.

The U.S. market for exchange-listed equity option contracts was headed for another year of record-breaking trading volume in 2024 — its fifth in a row, according to data from the Options Clearing Corporation.

A regulatory filing shows Buffett has raised his stake in domain-name-registry company VeriSign.