For the week ending Friday, May 9, 2008, the U.S. Markets were negative for the week, with the Dow falling more than 200 points on Wednesday, making it the biggest point drop since 4/11/08.     Read More

For the week ending Friday, May 9, 2008, the U.S. Markets were negative for the week, with the Dow falling more than 200 points on Wednesday, making it the biggest point drop since 4/11/08.     Read More

The major US markets had their third straight week of gains.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More

The major US markets had one of their best months in a long time.  See the highlights from Stocks, Sectors, Commodities and Currencies...   Read More

For this Green Week ending, April 25, 2008 the US Markets ended the week slightly to the upside driven by a comeback in the dollar, a streak of records for crude oil, better than expected jobless claims,  26-year low consumer sentiment, surprise earnings, and a 10 point victory for Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.   Read More

Earnings and commodities ruled the week. The NASDAQ led the major US indexes in gains up almost 1% for the week.  The S&P 500 closed above 1,395 breaking through the February highs and a major resistance level.   Read More

For the week ending Friday, April 18, 2008 the US Markets ended the week rallying on earnings news. The Dow had its best week since Feb 1 and rallied 256.8 points on Wednesday and another 228.87 points on Friday, for its biggest point gains since April 1st.    Read More

The equity markets end a strong week fueled by earnings, commodities continue to climb, and the dollar strengthens.   Read More

For the week ending Friday, April 11, 2008 the US Markets ended the week in negative territory. There was not a lot of movement in the markets for most of the week, as the major indices traded on a mix of news including same store sales, record highs in oil, flight cancellations from major airlines, and disappointing first quarter results from Alcoa (AA). The markets tumbled on Friday on General Electric's (GE) disappointing earnings.    Read More

The Dow, NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are all negative for the week fueled by GE's almost 13% decline on Friday.   Read More