Jobs and money drive Wall Street – 1/19/12
A decline in new unemployment claims and good earnings reports from some big banks gave stock prices a boost on Thursday. The Dow Jones...
What's good for Goldman is good for Wall Street – 1/18/12
Goldman Sachs reported better than expected financial results and sent stock prices higher on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 97 points, or...
Stock rise after three-day weekend – 1/17/12
A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed stronger growth in manufacturing than had been expected. Also Tuesday, favorable economic news...
Downgrade fears downgrade stock prices – 1/13/12
Reports that Standard & Poor's was set to downgrade the sovereign debt of several European countries put a dark cloud over Wall Street on...
Stocks finished Thursday barely higher – 1/12/12
A disappointing December retail sales report from the US Commerce Department put a damper on Wall Street, but the day ended slightly higher on...
Wednesday was a flat day on Wall Street – 1/11/12
Stock prices ended Wednesday's trading session just about where they began, with traders still cautiously watching the Euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Stocks rise again – 1/10/12
Hopes for good reports as the corporate earnings report cycle began to ramp up pushed stock prices higher again on Tuesday. The Dow Jones...
Stocks end Monday slightly higher – 1/9/12
It was a cautious day on Wall Street, with some big corporate earnings reports coming in the next few days, but Monday ended on...
Competing forces marked Friday trading – 1/6/12
An improvement in the US jobs situation was good news for Wall Street. But more Euro zone worries made for bad news. So it...
Market went nowhere on Thursday – 1/5/12
The private-sector ADP National Employment Report for December was better than expected. But continued worries about the Euro zone kept downward pressure on US...
Day two of 2012 holds day one gains – 1/4/12
There wasn't much news to move the market on Wednesday, but it was encouraging that stock prices mostly held their gains from Tuesday and...
They're off and running! – 1/3/12
A jump in the factory activity index of the Institute for Supply Management was enough to send Wall Street traders racing out of the...
2011 ended with a down market – 12/30/11
Despite lots of ups and downs, stock prices ended 2011 pretty much where the year began. The flat year ended with a down day,...
Good news for the markets – 12/29/11
The Italian government bond auction went well, the report on new jobless claims was OK and then there was a surprising jump in pending...
Stocks fall on European worries – 12/28/11
Renewed worries about the Euro zone ahead of a big debt sale by Italy put downward pressure on stock prices. The Dow Jones Industrial...