Better-than-expected earnings from General Electric helped lift the Dow and S&P 500. The Nasdaq closed lower after disappointing results from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices. Overall, the week’s strong earnings bode well for c…
Stocks closed broadly higher Wednesday after Portugal’s government had no trouble in tapping global debt markets, helping ease European debt fears. The euro gained at the dollar’s expense, which lifted a broad basket of commodi…
The S&P 500 gained about 13% last year, but it didn’t get much help while companies were releasing results. That index was unchanged or lower for all four of 2010’s earnings seasons, and it could repeat this pattern now.
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After putting up solid gains this year, the case for the stock market in 2011 is more of the same. And when the Fed finally raises short-term rates, one pro says, the smart traders will be those who jump on the opportunity to d…
The big winners of 2010 scored returns far above those of U.S. markets by piggybacking on China’s ferocious growth. But rebounding American equities look mighty impressive next to the year’s real losers: the victims of the euro…