Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Stock market described as wavering ahead of reports

The Fed and the European Central Bank are supposed to issue reports this week, and a labor market report is also due, and it...

Stocks drop as Europe watch continues

There was a nice surge in trading last week, but on Monday 7/30 some of those gains were given back as Wall Street retreated...

Media rides the Wall Street upward elevator

A report on a sluggish economy was expected, and the fact that it wasn't any worse than expected, along with talk of possible employment-building...

Blue-chips surge to best day of month

Stocks surged Thursday after comments from the European Central Bank's president signaled more willingness to stem skyrocketing European bond yields and after some positive...

Dow up on positive blue chip outlooks

Stocks wavered Wednesday with the Dow gaining on upbeat outlooks from Caterpillar and Boeing, while an earnings miss from Apple dinged the tech sector....

Dow has third triple-digit loss day

Stocks Tuesday sank on concerns about Greece debt, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its third straight triple-digit loss. That was the first...

Stocks slide on Greece, Spain concerns

Stocks extended their slide into a second session Monday, with blue-chips suffering their first back-to-back triple-digit loss since April, as concerns about Greece and...

The pain from Spain falls mainly, well, everywhere

Worries about the precarious financial position of Spain caused a great deal of skittishness on Wall Street. Nevertheless, radio companies managed to increase value,...

Stocks extend rise as IBM, tech lead

Stocks extended gains into a third session Thursday, led by tech stocks, as investors bought on relief earnings were largely beating expectations and helped...

Stocks rise as Intel, tech rally

Stocks ended near their highs of the day Wednesday, extending gains into a second day, after Intel 's forecast gave a lift to tech...

Stocks rise on solid earnings

Stocks reclaimed Tuesday gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke and Wall Street's gaze returned to solid results from Goldman Sachs Group Inc....

Dow lower for 7th in 8 sessions

Stocks declined Monday after retail sales fell in June for a third month, though stock indexes closed off their lows as the euro improved...

Stocks up over 1%, led by JPMorgan

Stocks rallied Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 on track to snap a six-day losing streak, as JPMorgan Chase reported stronger than expected...

Stocks extend longest down streak since May

Stock indexes on Thursday extended their longest losing streak in nearly eight weeks as investors worried about global growth, corporate outlooks and the inability...

U.S. stock indexes extend losing run

Stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 extending its longest down streak since May 18, after the Federal Reserve failed to offer...