The Dow crossed the technically meaningless but psychologically soothing 12,000 level for the first time since June 2008, but closed just shy of that plateau. Plenty of indicators hint at a pullback — or even a full-blown 10% …
The Consumer Confidence Index jumped far higher than expected in January, and that could have big implications, both for retailers and for your wallet. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a measure that gives institutional shareholders a vote on executive pay at large corporations, part of regulators’ efforts to give investors greater say over top-level …
Stocks closed sharply higher Monday with the Dow Jones posting a triple-digit gain as technology stocks rallied after Intel raised its dividend and expanded its share buybacks by $10 billion. The index last saw 12,000 in June 2…
Traders will be reading between the State of the Union’s lines to see what Obama’s new approach means for business and the market. And given stocks’ steady rise for the past eight weeks, profit-taking and choppy action should b…