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  • Jobs-Induced Rally Fades in U.S. as Wall Street Preps for IPO-Packed Week

    Published August 06, 2012

    U.S. futures this Monday morning are flat, with investors questioning if profit-taking is the name of the game given the size of Friday's run up. 

     

  • Investors Waiting on ECB, Jobs

    Published August 02, 2012

    Wall Street was waiting on Thursday for more information on the European Central Bank's plans to steer the eurozone economy out of its slump and fresh data on the U.S. labor market. 

  • Futures Edge Up Ahead of the Fed

    Published August 01, 2012

    July is in the history books, and it was a good one.

  • Investors Unload Facebook, Starbucks

    Published July 27, 2012

    Investors get a glimpse today of how much the U.S. economy has hit the brakes. The first look at GDP for the second quarter is due out at 8:30 a.m. ET. Most economists agree the U.S. economy slowed to a 1.5% pace, down from 1.9% in the first quarter, and from 3.0% at the end of last year.

  • Stocks Look to Recover from Serious Losing Streak

    Published July 25, 2012

    The blue chips have logged three triple-digit losses in a row; the last time we saw a losing streak like that was back in September.  

  • Stocks Set to Take Losses Into Day No.3

    Published July 24, 2012

    With little on the U.S. economic calendar today, investors continue to look overseas, where Moody's lowered its outlook to negative for Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.  

  • Stocks Turn Positive for July

    Published July 19, 2012

    The major averages are now in positive territory for the month of July. 

  • Bernanke Back on Hill, Wall Street Looks for More Gains

    Published July 18, 2012

    The Fed chief gave a bleak economic recovery outlook, but that didn't stop the Dow from finishing higher for the third time this month.    

  • Friday the 13th Not Spooky for Stocks

    Published July 13, 2012

    Friday the 13th on Wall Street isn’t always spooky. In fact, the broader market rallies on Friday the 13th 60% of the time.

  • Stocks Look to End Four-Day Slump

    Published July 11, 2012

    For the second year in a row, stocks seem to be evaporating early gains and are in jeopardy of finishing the year right where they started it: flat.