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  • Tuesday's Advance Not Carrying Over

    Published June 13, 2012

    While Monday’s worst performing sectors – financials and materials – were the biggest winners in Tuesday’s rally, the advance was broad-based. All 10 S&P sectors rose, with seven of them jumping more than 1%.

  • Spain Ignites Global Rally

    Published June 11, 2012

    U.S. stock futures are indicating a 90-point pop for the Dow at the open. The momentum piggybacks last week’s rally, which saw the major averages up at least 3.5% for their best week of the year.

  • Putting the Wrap on a Good Week

    Published June 08, 2012

    It was a tug of war on Wall Street yesterday, as investors weighed the good with the bad.

  • Street Set to Extend Rally

    Published June 07, 2012

    The stock market is coming off its best showing of the year Wednesday, when the Dow gained 287 points, or 2.4%, and returned to the black for 2012. 

  • Wall Street Rebounds

    Published June 06, 2012

    Futures this Wednesday morning are soaring, with the Dow Industrials indicating a gain of 100 points when the market opens.

  • Stocks Seesaw, Investors Waver

    Published June 05, 2012

    The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite found positive territory, ending a three-day losing streak, but the Dow Industrials lost another 17 points, closing at 12101 – a new low for the year.

  • Sell in May ... And Stay Away?

    Published June 04, 2012

    The dour news sent the Dow Industrials down 275 points, and the blue chips are now negative for the year.  There's no relief this morning, either, as futures are set to open lower.

  • Stocks Get a Boost, But Can it Last?

    Published May 22, 2012

    Volume was the lightest in a week, suggesting the gains may have been exaggerated and yesterday's rally wasn’t anything more than a one-day pop. 

  • Stocks Will Try to Stop the Recent Bleeding

    Published May 21, 2012

    U.S. stocks are down for three straight weeks, and last week was really ugly: The Dow lost 3.5%, and with declines in 12 of the past 13 sessions, the blue chip index is riding its longest losing streak in 37 years!  

  • Another Chance for Stocks to Bounce Back

    Published May 16, 2012

    Stocks fell for a third straight day on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 giving up 0.5% each and the Nasdaq falling 0.3%. Oil and gold closed at their lowest levels of the year.