Stocks take a beating – 6/24/10
Wall Street was watching Washington Thursday as Congress worked on details of a financial industry regulation bill - and worries about that bill sent...
Bad news day, but a mixed market – 6/23/10
The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to post a tiny gain at the closing bell on a day when most news was negative. The...
Stocks took a dive on Tuesday – 6/22/10
The National Association of Realtors reported that home resales fell 2.2% in May and that dampened Wall Street optimism about the economy. Also, energy...
Monday rally faded to a loss – 6/21/10
Wall Street traders began Monday euphoric over China's weekend decision to let its currency appreciate against the US dollar, which would make US products...
Markets and TV edge up, radio heads elsewhere – 6/18/10
The Dow picked up 0.2%, while S&P and Nasdaq each picked up 0.1% in value, which may not be earth-shattering but did constitute another...
Stocks ended Thursday slightly higher – 6/17/10
A late surge of buying in less risky sectors gave Wall Street an up day on Thursday, although concerns remain about the strength of...
Stocks closed mixed on Wednesday – 6/16/10
A report of a decrease in home building kept a lid on stock prices Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session with...
Stocks moved up on upbeat news – 6/15/10
IDC forecast 20% growth in the personal computer market this year and Boeing said it was boosting production due to increasing airliner orders. With...
Stocks end session on the down side – 6/14/10
Early gains on Wall Street evaporated after Moody's Investors Service downgraded the debt of Greece, focusing new attention on European financial stress. The Dow...
Dow stayed above 10K to end week – 6/11/10
The government's report on May retail sales came in below expectations, but tech stocks rose on a bullish outlook from National Semiconductor, which had...
DJIA back above 10K – 6/10/10
A successful bond offering by the Spanish government, a strong export/import report from China and bargaining hunting in battered energy stocks all combined to...
Rally fizzles on Wall Street – 6/9/10
It looked like Wednesday was going to be an up day, with stocks rising on generally optimistic comments before Congress by Fed chief Ben...
Late rally swept Wall Street on Tuesday – 6/8/10
The stock market shot up in the final hour of trading on Tuesday. There wasn't much news to account for the buying frenzy, although...
Stock slide continued on Monday – 6/7/10
Continuing disappointment with Friday's jobs report weighed on Wall Street Monday and the mood got worse when the Federal Reserve reported that consumer credit...
Jobs report sent stocks lower on Friday – 06/04/10
The US Labor Department reported that 431,000 jobs were created in May, well below the expectations of private economists. Not only that, 411,000 of...