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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Drug stocks advanced substantially in early action Monday, echoing gains in the broader market, while shares of Cephalon Inc. fell on news that a later-stage clinical study for its pediatric drug Cinquil came up short-handed. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index jumped 1.8% to 308.86 and the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index hopped 0.9% to 873.55. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - A drop in the value of a dollar lifted airline stocks Monday along with the boarder market. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.4% to 26.40 points with all of its 13 components aloft. Shares of American parent AMR Corp. rose 1.8% to $5.56, US Airways added 1.3% to $3.14 and Southwest climbed nearly 2% to $9.16. U.S.-listed shares of Tam Sa rose 4.3% to $17.10...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Filed under: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) , Options JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM ) closed at $42.46. December option implied volatility is at 39; December is at 37; below its 26-week average of 44, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement. UltraShort Financials ProShares (NYSE: SKF ) is an exchange-traded fund seeking daily investment results that correspond to twice (200%) the inverse (opposite)...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks climbed early Monday with the wider market, led by Continental and US Airways. The NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1.7% to 26.81 points with all of its 13 components trading higher. Shares of Continental added 2.8% to $13.59, US Airways climbed 2.7% to $3.30 and American parent AMR Corp. rose 2.2% to $5.95. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 75 points...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks climbed Wednesday after amid a wider-market rally. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose about 1% to 26.17 points with all but one of its 13 components trading up. Shares of American parent AMR Corp. rose about 3.2% to $5.77, Continental added 3.7% to $13.34 and US Airways rose 3.6% to $3.17. Trading down were shares of Ryanair , off less than 1%...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday as investors took a breather after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year. [More...]
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
US stock futures retreated on Monday as investors paused for breath after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year. [More...]
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks climbed Monday with the wider market. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1% to 25.93 points with all but one of its 13 components trading up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 50 points to about 10,076. Shares of American parent AMR Corp. added 1.2% to $5.72, Continental rose 1% to $12.92 and US Airways rose about 1% to $3.22. Trading...
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Filed under: Deals , NYSE Euronext (NYX) , News Corp'B' (NWS) , Initial public offerings The IPO market has been pretty slow for the past two years due to the effects of a subprime mortgage crisis that turned into a credit crisis that turned into a worldwide financial crisis and recession. Nonetheless, two companies made their debuts Thursday -- one on the NYSE (NYSE: NYX ), the other on the NASDAQ...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Drug stocks gained in early action Thursday while shares of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals fell the day after it reported a widened third-quarter loss. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index climbed 0.7% to 290.50 and the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index advanced 0.9% to 867.45. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 80 points to 9,883. Alnylam shares were off 5% at $16.64. Market Pulse...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks climbed early Thursday with Southwest Airlines reporting October traffic growth and fuller planes. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 1% to 24.20 with all of its 13 components climbing higher. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 90 points to 9,892. Shares of US Airways added 1.7% to $2.97, Continental [s; cal] rose 1.6% to $11.72...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
OptionMonster submits: Sabrient’s fundamentals-based ETF rankings, based on our new and powerful SectorCast model, has proven to be quite predictive for identifying the best (most undervalued) and worst (most overvalued) sectors, with a 1-month forward look. This week, Healthcare continues to lead by a healthy margin. Of course, each ETF is unique, so the sectors represented will score differently...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Airline stocks were up early Thursday after a trade group said international passenger traffic grew for the first time in a year. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index rose 2% to 24.42 points with all but one of its 13 components trading up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 69 points to 9,832. Shares of Delta jumped more than 4% to $7.51, United parent UAL...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks faced another day of volatile trading Wednesday with declines in the wider market and as benchmark crude prices slipped. At last check, the NYSE Arca Airline Index less than 1% to 25.12 points with six of its 13 components trading down. Shares of United parent UAL Corp. lost about 1% to $6.62, US Airways fell about less than 1% to $3.12 and Ryanair declined...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oil and gas stocks opened higher Monday, with rising oil prices and a broad market advance supporting solid gains across the entire sector. Early trades carried the NYSE Arca Oil Index 1.6% higher to 1,119 points while the NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index rose 1.5% to 528 and the Philadelphia Oil Service Index added 1.6% to 207. Crude oil for December delivery was up 45 cents...
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juliasmith98 | 12/13/2008
Dow Jones Slump Could Begin to Threaten Global Markets As European governments struggled to contain banking failures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by 800 points at one stage, exceeding last week’s largest ever one-day points drop of...
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juliasmith98 | 12/13/2008
Dow Jones Tumbles Below 10,000 Mark Wall Street stocks reach lowest point in four years as banks and car companies suffer most The US financial markets teetered on the brink of a record-breaking slump yesterday as Wall Street took fright at signs t...
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satraffic | 12/10/2008
Dow Jones & Nasdaq Data Market Stocks - How To Pick Stocks For Stock Trading I have found that the best stocks for stock trading and day trading are the stocks that make up the S&P 500. The reason for this is that the large Mutual Funds an...