Stocks dipped lower today (Tuesday), as investor confidence about first quarter earnings remains low.

‘The U.S had 0.6% growth in the last quarter and 1% population growth. In my book, that’s a recession. Now Japan is running at about three-and-a-half percent at the moment and they’ve got no population growth so that is a real three-and-a-half percent. So overall, the Japanese are really pretty solid.’— Martin Hutchinson, editor of The Money Map Report

And Europe’s markets continue to fall… but there’s good money to be made elsewhere… especially in one particular corner of South-East Asia.

U.S. stocks posted their biggest decline in two weeks early today (Friday) after an unexpected profit decline by General Electric Co. (GE) reignited worries that the credit crunch is causing more damage than investors realize.

U.S. markets gained after two days in the red on gains in the tech sector and a positive sales report from the nation’s largest retailer.

U.S. markets headed lower today (Wednesday) on profit and recessionary worries.

U.S. markets dropped on a disappointing initial round of first-quarter earnings.

The U.S. markets battled back from an early morning dip on news that unemployment has reached 5.1%.

The U.S. markets reversed course in afternoon trading, heading higher as commodities producers rallied and tech stocks got a boost.