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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: Consolidated Edison, Inc. ( ED ), through its subsidiaries, provides electric, gas and steam utility services in the United States. It provides electric service to approximately 3.3 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, as well as steam service to office buildings, apartment houses and hospitals...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks on Friday tallied mild losses to finish mostly lower for the week, as disappointing results from computer maker Dell Inc. dented the technology sector. "Investors are dating this market, they are not married to it. They don't have conviction, they have one foot out the door," Howard Ward, chief investment officer for GAMCO Growth Fund, said of the low...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks pared losses late Friday, bringing the Dow Industrial Average into positive territory. "A characteristic of this rally for several months is we've had a hard time selling to the downside, as new money comes into the market," said Howard Ward, chief investment officer for GAMCO Growth fund. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 6.28 points to 10,338.72....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks tilted lower at Friday's start as investors fled to the relative safety of the dollar and bonds. An earnings disappointment from computer maker Dell Inc. hit the technology sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.17 points to 10,312.27. The S&P 500 shed 3.6 points to 1,091.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 12.33 points to 2,144.49. Market Pulse...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks finished lower Thursday, continuing a global decline sparked by worries equities' rise had reached beyond likely economic growth. Bank of America's downgrade of chipmakers further dented investor sentiment. Well off its intraday lows, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 93.87 points, or 0.9%, at 10,332.44. The S&P 500 Index dropped 14.9 points, or 1.3%, at...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks retained the bulk of heavy losses on Thursday after a slew of economic data, including a 0.3% rise in leading economic indicators in October. The technology sector fronted the declines in the wake of a downgrade of semiconductor firms. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 130.67 points to 10,294.51. The S&P 500 Index declined 16.69 points to 1,093.11. The...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday, with information technology shares leading the way, with the sector hit by a broker's downgrade of the growth outlook for semiconductors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 139.06 points to 10,287.86. The S&P 500 Index declined 18.34 points to 1,091.46. The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index shed 41.48 points to 2,151.66. Market...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks started lower on Thursday on thinking the market's climb may be overextended given the outlook for the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 64.69 points to 10,361.62. The S&P 500 Index declined 9.03 points to 1,100.77. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 21.99 points to 2,171.15. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
S&P Emini 500 Futures had a small gap that filled in the first 5 minutes of trading. It was a narrow trading day once again, the range being only 8.75 points, below average. The index made an attempt at the 1100 level, but only got within 3 ticks of that number before bouncing up. [More...]
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks ended a low-volume session down slightly on Wednesday, though well off earlier lows, after a weak report on housing construction and earnings in the technology sector dimmed investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 11 points, or 0.1%, to end at 10,426, weighed down by 12 of its 30 components, especially tech-oriented ones such as Hewlett-Packard...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today the launch of the S&P 500 Dynamic VEQTOR Index which dynamically allocates between equity, volatility and cash to provide broad equity market exposure with an implied volatility hedge.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday, after news that U.S. housing construction weakened last month dimmed views of an economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was was down 11 points, or 0.1%, at 10,425, with 18 of its 30 components trading lower. The S&P 500 index traded up fractionally at 1,110. The Nasdaq Composite fell 6 points, or 0.3%, at 2,197, weighed...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks on Tuesday finished modestly ahead, extending gains into a third consecutive session, with equities continuing to move in the opposite direction as the dollar, which slipped late in the session. Up and down throughout the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 10,437.42, up 30.46 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 Index added 1.02 points, or 0.1%, to 1,110.32....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks posted modest losses Tuesday afternoon after the National Association of Home Builders reported its sentiment index held steady in November, but the prior month was revised lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.24 points to 10,394.72. The S&P 500 shed 3.52 points to 1,105.78, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 4.28 points to 2,193.57. Market Pulse...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Mole submits: I wrote Monday that I thought markets had focused on the positive on Friday and that appears to have been even more the case overnight. To be fair , Monday’s 1.2% quarter-over-quarter rise in Japanese GDP in Q3 was a positive surprise (although this still leaves output down 4.5% year-over-year). But I wasn’t overly impressed with the stronger than expected 1.4% month-over-month...
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trymi | 03/07/2009
Brabus has succeeded in fitting an enormous V8 from the S 500 into the smaller Mercedes-Benz GLK SUV. The GLK V8 was introduced by Brabus at the Geneva Motor Show today and explains how they have managed to boost the displacement of the regular S500 unit to 6,096 cc and fit it into the smaller GLK.
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traderthoughts.com | 02/11/2008
The week ended February 2 saw the best performance on Wall Street in almost five years, with the broad S&P 500 posting solid gains of 4.87% driven by the largesse of the Fed rate cuts. But in a sign of the tumultuous times we are in, the front line indexes gave up most of those gains this week, posting average losses of over 4.5%. The losses were seen across the board, with only the defensive sectors
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traderthoughts.com | 01/21/2008
Stocks had another awful week, dropping between 4-5% for the week. The broad-based S&P 500 slumped 5.4% this week, its biggest weekly decline in five years. Last week , we had compared the stock markets to a chronic alcoholic who has had frequent unsuccessful visits to Alcoholic Anonymous; as time goes by, his addiction gets stronger and it becomes increasingly difficult to wean him away. Even the...
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