Q3 begins with a drop – 7/1/10
Stock prices slid for the third straight day on Thursday, with traders nervous about an employment report from the Labor Department due out Friday...
Stocks end down for day and quarter – 6/30/10
A day after a huge fall, stock prices ended Wednesday down again, with tiny gains turning to a sell-off late in the session. With...
See how they fall! – 6/29/10
Stock prices took a dive as the Conference Board reported a sharp drop in its Consumer Confidence Index. Wall Streeters fear that if consumers...
Monday a down day for stocks – 6/28/10
A modest rise in consumer spending wasn't enough good news to offset energy sector worries, so stock prices were slightly lower on Monday. The...
Up and down Friday session ended mixed
Stock prices were all over the place on Friday. The government reported that GDP growth was a bit less than previously reported for Q1,...
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...