A day of hefty gains – 05/27/10
China said it wouldn't dump its European bonds and bargain hunters went wild on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up 285...
Euro woes sink Dow below 10K – 05/26/10
Worries about the economic stability of several European countries continued to press on Wall Street trading on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Barney Frank saves the day on Wall Street – 05/25/10
You read that headline correctly. Stocks had traded sharply lower on Tuesday, with fears continuing about the economic problems in Europe. But comments by...
Stocks end Monday a bit lower – 05/24/10
Worries about the economic situation in Europe continued to weigh on Wall Street Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 127 points, or...
Wall Street week ended with a recovery – 05/21/10
Bargain hunters moved in on Friday, following the big stock price plunge on Thursday over worries about the status of European economies. Those worries,...
Euro troubles sent stocks skidding – 05/20/10
Wall Streeters are looking east and don't like what they see in the troubled economies of some European countries. As the euro dropped on...
Fallout from Germany – 05/19/10
New stock trading restrictions imposed by the German government reverberated through US markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 67 points, or 0.6%, to...
European jitters – 05/18/10
Worries about the stability of European economies weighed on Wall Street trading Tuesday and also send the euro to a four-year low against the...
Roller coaster ride on Wall Street – 05/17/10
Stock prices dropped Monday as traders watched the euro fall against the US dollar - but then the market rebounded as the euro rebounded,...
Stocks suffer more losses – 05/14/10
Stocks slumped Friday on worries that Europe's economic woes could spread to the US (or at least make things worse here!), while the Euro...
Stocks slide after getting a lump of Kohl – 05/13/10
Some are now starting to question whether the economy is in recovery or not, and in particular, results from retailer Kohl threw a damper...
Positive news keeps Wall Street on a roll – 05/12/10
Traders were still breathing sighs of relief on news that the economies of Europe do not appear to be going in the tank any...
An up & down day for stocks – 05/11/10
Stocks seesawed Tuesday, losing steam late in a volatile session, as investors welcomed Europe's $1 trillion aid package, but still showed caution. The Dow...
Action across the Pond impacts Wall Street – 05/10/10
Believe it or not, broadcasters, running what is essentially a local-oriented business, rode a surging stock market into the black, all because of efforts...
Wall Street remains crazed, but not AS crazed – 05/07/10
The steepest peaks and deepest valleys of the day before were gone, but the Wall Street ride was still anything but smooth last Friday....