November 2, 2009
Stocks finished mixed Tuesday amid some large merger deals. Traders were bracing for tomorrow's Federal Reserve decision on interest rates and whether to change its ...
August 17, 2009
The collapse of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15, 2008, and the ensuing stock market crash forced Bob Olstein, who has been analyzing companies' financial statements and ...
August 7, 2009
Stocks finished sharply higher Friday following the better than expected employment report. The data sparked hopes for the end of the recession, but fanned debate over...
August 6, 2009
Stocks finished lower Thursday amid weak July sales reports from retailers and a gloomy revenue forecast from Cisco Systems (CSCO). Investors cashed in on recent gains...
August 5, 2009
Stocks finished lower Wednesday amid disappointing economic news about the jobs market and services industries. The ADP report showed private employment fell 371,000 ...
August 4, 2009
Stocks finished higher Tuesday, extending recent gains after the market overcame some occasional bouts of profit taking. On Tuesday, the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial ...
August 3, 2009
Stocks jumped Monday following a report showing an improvement in manufacturing activity, pushing the S&P 500 index over 1,000 and the Nasdaq index above 2,000, key ...
July 31, 2009
The last day of July turned mixed for stocks following a GDP report that showed a steeper decline in economic growth in previous quarters, but a smaller drop than ...
May 22, 2009
After bouncing higher for most of the day, stocks succumbed to selling in the last hour of trading Friday, ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Investors debated...
March 23, 2009
Reactions to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to purchase toxic assets announced on Mar. 23 were deeply divided and largely critical of Geithner, even though...