Stocks show resilience – 01/08/10
A disappointing jobs report sent stocks lower in Friday’s early trading, but the market rebounded as traders sloughed off the bad news and decided...
Financial sector boosts stocks – 01/07/10
Stock prices closed mostly higher on Thursday as analysts reports had good things to say about Bank of America and GE, particularly the GE...
Stocks close nearly flat – 01/06/10
There was nothing to excite stock traders on Wednesday. A report from the Institute for Supply Management showed a little growth in the services...
Wall Street rally fizzled out – 01/05/10
It looked like another up day, with traders welcoming a rise in factory orders. But then came word of weak home sales and the...
2010 begins on an up note – 01/04/10
A fifth straight monthly rise in the manufacturing index of The Institute for Supply Management was good news for Wall Street and sent stocks...
Stocks close out year of gains – 12/31/09
One day does not a trend make, so it was no big deal that traders took some profits on the last day of 2009....
Year-end portfolio cleaning – 12/30/09
Some year-end profit-taking in light volume kept stock prices from moving much on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average crept up three points to...
Investors not as confident as consumers – 12/29/09
A rise in the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index was not enough to inspire stock traders in a low-volume session nearing the year end....
Stocks close mostly higher – 12/28/09
Worries about airline security kept a damper on stock trading, but a good report from a MasterCard unit about retail sales was good news....
Short session, but good news – 12/24/09
A drop in unemployment claims and a rise in durable good orders sent stock prices higher in the short trading session on Christmas Eve....
Stocks manage pre-holiday gains – 12/23/09
A report of an unexpected drop in new home sales, coming a day after a report of a rise in existing home sales, put...
Home sales cheer Wall Street – 12/22/09
A rise in sales of existing homes brought some pre-Christmas joy to the stock markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 51 points, or...
Healthcare vote boosts stocks – 12/21/09
Some healthcare industry stocks rose Monday as the bill heading toward Senate approval eliminated some provisions the industry found distasteful. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Mostly modest gains on Friday – 12/18/09
Some good reports in the tech sector gave stocks a little boost on Friday – but only a little one. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Jobs down, stocks down – 12/17/09
A rise in unemployment claims was bad news for the economic recovery and for Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 133 points,...