Wall Street applauds Big Ben – 4/27/11
In his first-ever press conference, Fed chief Ben Bernanke downplayed inflationary worries and indicated that the Fed will maintain its low interest rate stance...
Ford drives stock prices higher – 4/26/11
Strong earnings reports, including better-than-expected profits at Ford, pushed stock prices higher on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 115 points, or...
Stocks mixed on Monday – 4/25/11
Inflation worries impacted trading Monday following the three-day Easter weekend, with higher commodity prices threatening to squeeze profits. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Stocks rise on tech strength – 4/21/11
Good earnings reports in the tech sector, particularly from Apple, gave stock prices a boost on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up...
Strong earnings boost stock prices – 4/20/11
Better-than-expected financial results from Intel and some other companies gave tech stocks a big boost and pushed the overall market higher as well on...
Housing gives stocks a little boost – 4/19/11
Government data on housing starts came in stronger than expected, which gave stock prices a boost on Tuesday, although that was tempered by weakness...
Broadcast stocks follow the herd into red ink – 4/18/11
Standard & Poors is not very confident that US debt is a worthwhile purchase at the moment, and that negative attitude translated to more...
Dow Jones, broadcast stocks were up Friday – 4/15/11
For the week, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.4%, but the Dow rose 57 points Friday to 12,342 after positive news about inflation...
Market up slightly; Radio, TV stocks mixed Wednesday – 4/14/11
U.S. stocks ended Thursday's session mostly flat, erasing earlier losses as commodities and energy stocks climbed higher. The Dow Jones industrial average was up...
Tech sector boosted stocks on Wednesday – 4/13/11
Optimism about tech earnings pushed the stock market slightly higher on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up seven points to 12,271. Broadcasting...
Alcoa disappointed Wall Street – 4/12/11
A poor earnings report from Alcoa combined with falling oil prices to send stock prices lower on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Mixed Monday on Wall Street – 4/11/11
A drop in oil prices took energy stocks lower and traders are a bit uncertain about the upcoming round of earnings report, so stock...
Oil up, stocks down on Friday – 4/8/11
A spike in oil prices sent stock prices, particularly transportation issues, lower on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29 points, or 0.2%,...
Aftershock rocks Wall Street – 4/7/11
Stock prices fell Thursday after a strong aftershock hit Japan, which was already trying to deal with a nuclear plant threat and massive damage...
Cautious gains on Wednesday – 4/6/11
With the quarterly earnings report set to begin next week, stock traders got a little more confident on Wednesday and pushed prices up a...