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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Posts Tagged ‘ US stocks ’

Google Takes MSFT Head on

Jul 8th, 2009 | By Alexander Green | Category: Financial News

Yesterday we were reading how Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has been getting pretty testy with reporters concerning questions over it’s strategy to break into the advertising market thatGoogle (Nasdaq: GOOG) controls.



Wall St Rises on Bargain Hunting; Alcoa Q2 Awaited

Jul 8th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as investors scooped up bargains in the commodities sectors a day after Wall Street slid to a 10-week low, but sentiment was dampened by the start of the quarterly earnings season.



The Ghosts of 2008, Gold Stocks, A Currency Play, Bank Role Reversal and More!

Jul 6th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial News

Deja vu all over again… are stocks just following the 2008 playbook?… Bill Jenkins shares his favorite global currency… Gold bugs beware: Gold chart forecasts a sell-off… Yet league of famous funds (and Chris Mayer) are buying up gold stocks… Plus, are we reading this right? A bank bails out the government?



Investment News Briefs Friday June 26,2009

Jun 26th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News

Jobless Claims Surprise; GDP Revised Up; AIG Makes Plans to Pay Back Feds; Palm Losses Mount, But Revenue Beats Street; Micron Loss Not As Much As Expected; Senator: Health Care Bill Could Cost $1 Trillion; GM Keeps 1,200 Jobs in Michigan



Increasing SDR Issuance

Jun 25th, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading

Fed confuses markets, risk assets get sold…  SNB intervenes to stop franc’s rise… ECB issues 12-month liquidity… Bernanke to get grilled? And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



Investment News Briefs Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Jun 24th, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Existing Home Sales Rise, But Miss Estimates; Boeing Shares Plummet; Automakers Get $8 Billion for Fuel Efficiency; Sprint CFO Not Concerned About Pre Shortages; Kroger Beats the Street; MySpace Lays Off 300 More; Best Buy Testing Used Game Waters; Madoff’s Lawyer Pleads for Leniency



So Far… It’s A Turn Around Tuesday!

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading

Currencies bounce back…  Commodities and Commodity Currencies get hit hard!  China’s recovery a myth? Devaluation in the dollar’s future? And Now… Today’s Pfennig!



Coming States Crisis, A Mega-Trend, The Financial “Free” Market, Insiders are Selling and More!

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial News

States on the brink… hard numbers on another crisis yet to come… Chris Mayer on a recent energy crossroads, centuries in the making… The end of an impressive streak… popular commodity rises for 54 days in a row… Commodities and stocks sell off… Rob Parenteau on what’s gotten into Mr. Market… Plus, Dan Amoss on the credit crisis: Can the free market be blamed?



Investment News Briefs Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Money Morning Staff | Category: Financial News

Oil Takes a Spill; SEC Expands Madoff Investigation; Sony Could Lose Largest Game Publisher; Nasdaq Outpaces Other Indices; Walgreens Misses Street Estimates; U.S. Car Brands Close Gap with Toyota Quality…



8500 Will Look Cheap

Jun 22nd, 2009 | By Steve McDonald | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

The market is in the most troubling of all possible situations.  We have a split decision by the experts; a pull back with a W chart pattern or an extension of the amazing bull run since March. I’m here to tell you, it doesn’t matter. Let’s put this market into perspective.