Category Archives: Debt and Deficits

Stocks close mixed on China trade deficit news

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Stocks opened the week trading in a relatively quiet and narrowly mixed range.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Global

Stocks gain ground for a second day on Greek debt hopes

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Stocks rallied for a second day following Tuesday’s biggest setback of the year, with the Dow gaining 70 points (0.6%) today, the S&P 500 ahead by 1.0% and NASDAQ increasing 1.2%.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Europe

Stocks rally as Greece burns

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

While rioting demonstrators burned buildings in Greece, investors breathed a sigh of relief that the latest chapter of the Greek bailout drama appeared to be nearing resolution.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Europe, Stocks

Friday’s declines push stock market averages into the red for week

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Stock prices ended what had been a mostly directionless week on a decidedly down note.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Europe, Federal Reserve, Housing, Stocks

Dow Jones Industrials inching toward 13000

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

One would be hard pressed to find four days as dull for the U.S. stock market as the first four days of this week.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Europe

Euro-debt-a-phobia

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Stocks gave back some of their gains from earlier in the week, bothered throughout Friday the 13th trading by rumors that S&P was going to downgrade European sovereign debt ratings.

Posted in Bonds, Consumer Confidence, Debt and Deficits, Europe

U.S. stocks end a little in the red on Black Friday

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

European stock prices, feeding off an early rally in U.S. stocks (which faded by the end of today’s abbreviated trading session at 1:00 ET), enjoyed their first increase after nine days of declines.

Posted in Bonds, Debt and Deficits, Stocks

November continues to click the undo button – on October’s market rally

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Stocks continued on last week’s steep downward track on Monday, as the S&P 500′s 1.9% decline took it back below 1200 for the first time since early October.

Posted in Debt and Deficits, Stocks