After yesterday's rally, and President Obama's speech last night, it would have been nice to see another strong day for the market, but that was not the case as sellers came back in and sent all the major markets lower in today's trading. As we know, the housing market has been a major drain on the overall economy, and the real estate market got some more bad news today as we ...

Friday was another sell off for the market, as investors continue to show fear ahead of a plan out of Washington on how to reverse the current recession that seems to be deepening with each passing day. The DOW was down 1.04% today, the NASDAQ traded 0.5% lower, and the S&P dropped another 1.0% in today's trading. For the week, the DOW dropped a total of 5.2%, and is sitting at lows ...

Despite being hit with some seriously unfavorable employment data today, Wall Street made strong gains to close out the week today. The DOW was up 2.7% today, the NSADAQ inched up 2.9%, and the S&P posted a rise of 2.7%. Earlier in the day, it appeared as though we may be in store for a sell off when the Labor Department released unemployment data for January. In its report, it said that ...

Retail sales figures for January are in, and the picture is not pretty for most retailers out there. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, sales dropped by 1.6% in January, which was actually a little better than the 2 to 3% dip analysts had been expecting, but still marking the fourth straight month sales have shrunk. While most retailers are facing hard time, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) actually had a ...

Taking a look at futures trading this morning indicates that the market is going to get off to a tough start for the trading day of February. Investors continue to express concern that the stimulus package that was recently passed in the House is not going to get passed when the Senate gets its chance to vote on the new plan. There is still a good deal of concern over what ...