Thursday, June 18, 2026

Dow Up; Nasdaq Slips

The Dow eked out a record high, while the Nasdaq slipped a point.  Radio followed behind The Dow by a point and TV fell...

Upbeat Stock Day Doesn’t Help Broadcast

Janet Yellen told Congress that the Fed is patient, and the European community said it would work with Greece, and stocks were said to...

What’s All the Yellen About?

Actually, Fed honcho Janet Yellen is about to speak, which helped the market overcome weakened oil stocks. But although TV skated on the plus...

Radio Doesn’t Get the Memo on Up Market

Stocks were said to increase in the US based on good news from Europe, but most of the radio companies we follow went in...

Broadcasters As Flat As You Can Get

That is, without actually being flat – our RBR Radio Index can home at minus 0.1% and the TVBR TV Index was plus 0.1%....

Fed is in Holding Pattern

And apparently that threw US stocks into a dropping pattern, but the sudden influx of gravity didn’t overly affect broadcast stocks, which on average...

Stocks Rise on Another Greecy Day

For the record, there’s no way to do a play on Greece and greasy that spell checker likes – but as Greece’s day went,...

Energy Sector Energized Stock Trading

The question is, were broadcasters able to tap into the energy created by a comeback for energy stocks? The answer: Oh my, yes. In...

From Russia with Stock Price Increases

Oil rebounded, and there was good news regarding Russia and Ukraine which bolstered US stocks. Radio did a great job of glomming on to...

Radio/TV Stocks Mirror Images – Almost

With all eyes apparently on Greece for yet another day, American stocks were said to have an up and down day that came to...

Radio rises, TV static

The Wall Street headline writers are all fixated on Greece again, this time positively, and the market went up. So did radio, especially iHeart...

TV overcomes Greece spill

The spillage involved stock values in the US, far away from the troubled nation of Greece. As a group, television stocks we follow actually...

US stocks end lower; Dow rises

US Stocks fell Friday but the Dow posted their biggest weekly percentage gain in two years.  Both radio and TV followed the Dow's example...

Twitter reports slowing user growth

Twitter reported new user growth that slowed more than expected, underscoring ongoing concerns, but the social media company said it sees a return to...

Broadcast has mixed day on Wall Street

Apparently traders were thinking about oil and Greece Wednesday and lowered the markets. Radio as a group was down a bit (and mixed intramurally),...