Stocks mixed in second session of year – 1/4/11
Wall Street's Happy New Year surge of Monday disintegrated on Tuesday. Traders were encouraged by the Fed's release of minutes from its December meeting...
Wall Street begins 2011 with an advance – 1/3/11
Stock prices moved higher on Monday after the Institute of Supply Management reported that US factory activity grew in December at its fastest pace...
Ho-hum session ends an up year for stocks – 12/31/10
2010 was a good year for the stock market. And with their profits already tucked away, many traders apparently started celebrating early rather than...
Stocks slip in light trading – 12/30/10
Despite a government report of fewer new applications for jobless benefits, the stock market ended Thursday's session slightly lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Stocks gained on Wednesday – 12/29/10
With two trading sessions left in 2010, stocks added to their December advance on Wednesday, led by energy stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
A flat day for stocks – 12/28/10
Energy stocks got a boost from the frigid weather, but otherwise stock prices didn't move much on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Stocks close mixed after Christmas – 12/27/10
A surprise move by China's central bank to raise interest rates kept a lid on Wall Street enthusiasm - not to mention a winter...
Radio keeps rolling on Wall Street – 12/23/10
When the closing bell rang on pre-holiday stock trading, radio companies continued to post gains as a group, during what was the fourth up...
Broadcasters continue to ride the Wall Street wave – 12/22/10
Stocks are trading up, and broadcast stocks are going up with them. In fact, radio stocks gained about one and a half percent, and...
Stocks end at highest level in two-plus years 12/21/10
U.S. stocks rose modestly Tuesday but managed to close at their highest levels in more than two years as investors set their sights on...
Radio stocks take off – well, Emmis did
Although Dow was down by about an eighth of a percent, S&P and Nasdaq were both up about a quarter of a percent. One...
Stocks closed mixed on Friday – 12/17/10
A downgrade of Ireland's debt unnerved Wall Street early Friday, but the market recovered and the major indices were mixed by the closing bell....
FedEx delivers on Wall Street – 12/16/10
A bullish outlook from FedEx gave stock prices a boost. After all, business grows for the delivery service when other businesses are doing well....
Stocks end mostly down – 12/15/10
The year-end rally may have run out of steam even before Christmas. Rising interest rates appear to have cooled interest in buying stocks. The...
Reassurance from the Fed and retailers – 12/14/10
The Fed announced that the recovery is still going slowly and it will continue on its current course to try to spur activity. That...