Finally an up day on Wall Street – 10/4/11
Stocks were down again through most of the session on Tuesday, but bargain hunters moved in and a late rally produced an up day....
Stocks hammered on Monday – 10/3/11
Q4 began the same way Q3 ended - with stock prices dropping sharply. The latest news from Europe was that Greece will be unable...
Q3 ends on a down note – 9/30/11
Pessimism about the economy ruled on Wall Street as the third quarter came to an end. The bad news Friday was generally from overseas...
Stocks back to gains – 9/29/11
A decline in new jobless benefits applications and more work by the Europeans to work out their economic problems gave Wall Street a boost...
Three day winning streak snapped – 9/28/11
Optimism over European economic moves was only enough to lift stock prices for three days. Worries about commodity prices and the strength of economic...
It's all Greek (and that's good) – 9/27/11
The Greek parliament approved a property tax measure required to win bailout funds from other European countries. The new evidence that Europe's economic problems...
Wall Street reassured by Europeans – 9/26/11
New indications that Europe will be able to resolve its economic problems and, in particular, shore-up Greece, gave stock prices a boost in the...
Wall Street catches its off-selling breath – 9/23/11
After spending the better part of the week edging toward a stampede, stock traders decided to take it a little easier on Friday, and...
Wall Street in the grip of pessimistic sellers – 9/22/11
Investors are skittish about conditions on both sides of the Atlantic, and they expressed their skittishness by selling and sending stock prices down. With...
DJIA plunges on Fed news – 9/21/11
The Dow was down 284 points or 2.5% yesterday after the Federal Reserve made it official - there'll be no change in rates and...
Traders reserved in advance of Federal Reserve talk – 9/20/11
The stock markets were relatively quiet and peaceful as traders waited for the next chat from Federal Reserve honcho Ben Bernanke, on the schedule...
Greece default possibility hit stocks – 9/19/11
Stocks trimmed earlier losses by more than half Monday afternoon, amid hopes that Greece may avoid a default. But the uncertainty over the debt-laden...
Five up days in a row for Wall Street – 9/16/11
It was a perfect streak, with stock prices up every day for the week. There were still concerns Friday about European economic difficulties, but...
What's good for Europe is good for Wall Street – 9/15/11
Stocks rose again Thursday as European central banks announced a coordinated effort to pump US dollars into European banks to provide dollar liquidity. The...
Wednesday session ended on the up side – 9/14/11
A down day on Wall Street turned into an up day as investors seemed to gain confidence that Europe would work out its economic...