Market Snapshot
  • U.S.
  • Europe
  • Asia
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
DJIA 15,303.10 +8.60 0.06%
S&P 500 1,649.60 -0.91 -0.06%
Nasdaq 3,459.14 -0.27 -0.01%
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
STOXX 50 2,764.29 -12.49 -0.45%
FTSE 100 6,654.34 -42.45 -0.63%
DAX 8,305.32 -46.66 -0.56%
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
Nikkei 14,612.50 +128.47 0.89%
Hang Seng 22,618.70 -51.01 -0.23%
S&P/ASX 200 4,983.50 -78.95 -1.56%

Caroline Baum

Caroline Baum is a Bloomberg View columnist appearing on Thursdays. The author of "Just What I Said: Bloomberg Economics Columnist Takes on Bonds, Banks, Budgets and Bubbles," she has been a Bloomberg columnist since 1998.

In 2004 and 2005 Baum received first-place National Headliner Awards in the wire service/commentary category. From 2002 to 2003, Baum hosted the weekend radio talk show "No Nonsense" on Bloomberg Radio. Before coming to Bloomberg News, she was a columnist for Dow Jones, and has been writing about the economy and the bond market since 1987. Baum has a B.A. in political science from Tufts University and an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University. She lives in West Tisbury, Mass.

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