Stocks held onto a win Monday – 12/5/11
Worries about Europe pressed on morning gains Monday on Wall Street, but the market still managed to stay in positive territory by the closing...
Jobs report rally fizzled by the closing bell – 12/2/11
The US unemployment rate dropped to 8.6% -- the lowest in two and a half years. That was due to people giving up on...
Thursday was a cooling off day – 12/1/11
After the big run-up on Wednesday, stock traders caught their breath on Thursday. All eyes are now on the jobs report due out Friday...
Happy days are here again! – 11/30/11
There was rejoicing in financial markets around the globe as the US Fed and other central banks launched a coordinated effort to keep borrowing...
Wall Street celebrated Black Friday on Monday – 11/28/11
The kick-off of holiday retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend was a huge success, with sales volume reported to be up double digits from...
All quiet for TV on Wall Street- 11/25/11
There were no changes to report for television stocks followed by RBR-TVBR on the day after Thanksgiving - perhaps those who normally shop for...
Radio stocks buck another down day on the Street – 11/23/11
As if there isn't enough fuel for pessimism right here on our own shores, the traders on Wall Street have been keeping their eyes...
Europe influencing more than just fashion in New York – 11/22/11
The rain in Spain is not falling mainly on the plain, as the old Broadway song would have it - it's not Broadway but...
Supercommittee can't fly, so neither can stock prices – 11/21/11
Wall Street reporters were noting just how skittish the herd is there, and the imminent failure of the Select Joint Committee of Deficit Reduction,...
Stocks closed mixed on Friday – 11/18/11
Uncertainty about deficit-cutting talks in Washington left Wall Street traders frustrated on Friday and left the market without a clear direction. The Dow Jones...
Stocks fall in nervous session – 11/17/11
There wasn't really any good news to move the market Thursday and traders didn't like hearing reports that the congressional "supercommittee" was not near...
Worrisome day on Wall Street – 11/16/11
Traders worried about the European financial crisis and whether the Congressional Supercommittee would succeed in its mission to cut federal deficits, so stock prices...
Retail sales up, stocks up – 11/15/11
The Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose 0.5% in October. That was good news for Wall Street - at least good enough to...
Traders still wary of Europe – 11/14/11
Despite progress on new governments taking form in Greece and Italy, Wall Streeters still see reason to worry about sovereign debt in Europe, so...
Good news from Europe boosted stocks – 11/11/11
Greece swore in its new Prime Minister and Italy's Senate approved new austerity measures to improve the nation's debt situation. That positive news from...