Stocks keep going up – 9/15/10
Mixed news made for some sluggish trading Wednesday, but stock prices strengthened ahead of the closing bell and the market ended the day with...
Stocks closed mixed on Tuesday – 9/14/10
A government report that retail sales gained in August wasn't enough to offset Wall Street concerns about the financial sector, so stocks ended the...
Stocks continue September rally – 9/13/10
Bank stocks led a Wall Street rally on Monday after new international banking regulations turned out to be less burdensome than had been feared....
Stocks end week on the up side
The latest good news from the government was an increase in wholesale inventories, indicating that businesses are stocking up as demand increases. That gave...
Good news cheers Wall Street – 9/9/10
A drop in new jobless claims and a reduction in the US trade gap were both good news for stock traders on Thursday. The...
Portugal gives Wall Street a boost – 9/8/10
One of the most financially stressed European nations, Portugal, managed to price a new debt offering - and the sighs of relief were heard...
Sellers ruled Wall Street on Tuesday – 9/7/10
After last week's price run-up, traders decided to do some profit-taking after returning from the three-day Labor Day weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Jobs report boosted stocks on Friday
Stock prices rose on Friday after the government’s monthly jobs report showed that private employers added 67,000 jobs in August, which was more than...
Stocks up in light trading – 9/2/10
The government's monthly jobs report is due out Friday, so traders were cautious about doing too much buying on Thursday and volume was relatively...
September begins with stock price rise – 9/1/10
The Institute for Supply Management surprised Wall Street with a report that manufacturing activity in the US rose in August. Another report said that...
August ends mixed, flattish – 8/31/10
A gain in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index wasn't enough to make Wall Streeters go on a buying binge. Instead, choppy trading on...
Good news not good enough for Wall Street – 8/30/10
The government reported a rise in consumer spending for July, but a related report on consumer income came in below analysts' expectations. That just...
Broadcasters cash in as Fed
GDP results were not downsized as steeply as had been predicted, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that his organization has some tricks left...
Stocks slide below 10,000 on slowdown fears – 8/26/10
Stocks slipped Thursday, erasing earlier gains to close sharply lower as worries about a sputtering economy overshadowed an upbeat report on jobless claims. The...
Players market turns Wall Street slump around – 08/25/10
Radio and television stocks moved up with the rest of the market as Wall Streets game players - short holders and bargain hunters, according...