In typical Fed-day style, stocks oscillated in a non-committal range throughout the first half of the day, then shifted into whacky, volatile mode after the 2:15 pm announcement on economic policy. As widely expected, interest rates were left unchanged. However, subtle verbage implied the possibil ... Read more

Stocks broke their five-day winning streak last Friday, as a tight, range-bound session caused the major indices to close the day slightly lower. The S&P 500 edged 0.1% lower, while both the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%. Although the small-cap Russell 2000 los ... Read more

Picking up where the previous day's close left off, stocks continued whipsawing between positive and negative territory throughout most of yesterday's session. By day's end, the bulls won the dizzying tug-of-war. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Nasdaq Composite 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Av ... Read more

Stocks snapped back from last week's losses, enabling the Nasdaq to zoom back above its 200-day moving average, but volume dwindled to its slowest pace in weeks. After gapping higher on the open, and subsequently showing early weakness, the main stock market indexes settled into a steady uptrend t ... Read more

Stocks bounced back to recover a portion of the previous day's losses yesterday, but the Nasdaq remained below both its 20 and 200-day moving averages. The main stock market indexes opened nearly flat, then drifted higher throughout the day. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.5%, the S&P 500 1.0% ... Read more

The main stock market indexes followed up Monday's strong session with a modest, broad-based pullback, but an extremely narrow trading range showed a lack of decisiveness in either direction. Stocks drifted lower in the morning, moved in a tight, sideways range throughout most of the day, then tic ... Read more

The main stock market indexes followed up Monday's strong session with a modest, broad-based pullback, but an extremely narrow trading range showed a lack of decisiveness in either direction. Stocks drifted lower in the morning, moved in a tight, sideways range throughout most of the day, then ti ... Read more

With an increasingly more frequent display of resilience, stocks reversed early losses yesterday morning, finishing the day firmly higher across the board. The main stock market indexes opened more than one percent lower, but the bulls quickly stepped up to the plate, enabling stocks to settle in ... Read more

Stocks took a well-deserved breather from last week's gains yesterday, as the major indices consolidated near their previous day's highs before closing modestly lower. The Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.3%, the S&P 500 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.9%. Small caps showed relative stre ... Read more