Mixed earnings make for mixed market
Google thrilled Wall Street with its earnings report and gave a boost to the tech sector, pushing the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 higher....
Bad jobs news weighs on Wall Street – 10/14/10
An increase in first-time jobless benefits applications was not what Wall Street wanted to hear. Stocks didn't fall a lot, but all of the...
Wall Street cheers strong earnings – 10/13/10
Good earnings reports from sectors as divergent as banking, tech and railroading were greeted as good news by stock traders. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Wall Street loves the Fed – 10/12/10
At least for now, traders were celebrating the minutes released from the last Fed meeting, indicating that the central bank was likely to pour...
Yawn…Traders wait for news – 10/11/10
Trading volume was light Monday, not because it was Columbus Day, but because there wasn't any big economic news and traders are waiting for...
Jobs report gave stocks a boost
In a reversal of the previous day, the job news from the government on Friday was bad - a 4th straight month of job...
A good news is bad news day – 10/7/10
The government's weekly report on new jobless claims came in better than expected. But that good news made traders worry that the Fed might...
Mixed day on tech concerns – 10/6/10
Tech stocks took a hit after an analyst downgraded its chip makers, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average still managed to gain as other...
Recovery continuing; stocks rise – 10/5/10
A closely watched report from the Institute for Supply Management showed the ninth consecutive month of growth for the non-manufacturing sector in September. That...
Time for some profit taking – 10/4/10
Wall Street was a little jittery Monday about the debt situation of some European countries, so traders decided it was time to take some...
Wall Street welcomes Q4 with a little black ink – 10/01/10
News that manufacturing picked up on the other side of the world buoyed stock trading in Europe and the US, according to reports -...
Broadcast stocks static as September slides to a close – 09/30/10
The Dow was up in the low triple digits at one point in the day, but closed with a 47 point loss - enough,...
Stock markets slip during Wednesday trading – 09/29/10
One observer said that Wall Street took a breather. Another said that protests against government austerity measures in Europe made US traders skittish. Whatever...
Shopping surge sends Wall Street upward – 09/28/10
A lot of buyers showed up one Wall Street - with cash - hoping that they aren't too late to join in on a...
Stock rally takes a break – 9/27/10
September is shaping up to be a strong month on Wall Street, but stock traders took a bit of a breather on Monday after...