Stocks Climb Back to Their Pre-Lehman Disaster Level

Stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday, helped by more deal activity in the financial sector and upbeat earnings from the tech sector. After more than two years, the market has regained all its losses following the implosion of L…

It Could Be a Happy New Year for Stocks

Improving economic conditions, strong corporate profits and the Fed’s easy money have some money managers bullish on equities going into 2011. Plus, companies are staring to deploy their cash hoards on M&A, dividends and share …

Stocks Close Higher for the Week, Once Again

Stocks closed modestly mixed on light volume Friday in the last full trading week of the year, which marked the third week in a row of overall gains. While drugmakers Pfizer and Merck put a damper on the Dow, robust earnings fr…

Expect the Dollar’s Uptrend to Be Negative for Stocks

The dollar-stocks see-saw — in which the two move in opposite directions — seems to be holding up. And over the longer term, there’s good reason for the dollar to stay on its recent upward trend, which would be bad news for s…

Expect the Dollar’s Uptrend to Be Negative for Stocks

The dollar-stocks see-saw — in which the two move in opposite directions — seems to be holding up. And over the longer term, there’s good reason for the dollar to stay on its recent upward trend, which would be bad news for s…