The market is poised for another positive day as investors react to revised GDP numbers which show that the economy grew faster than previously thought at the end of last year. According to the Commerce Department, the economy grew at 3.1% during the fourth quarter, which is higher than analysts had been expecting to see. Going into today's report analysts had been expecting to see revised GDP output of 3.0%. Last month ...

The first quarter was a strange three months for the stock market. All the major indexes finished in the green to cap off a period that saw massive swings in both directions. The DOW lost about 25% between the second week of January and early March, but has made up a lot of lost ground over the past couple of weeks, as investors are starting to believe that the worst is ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the way the market has been moving violently lower the past couple of week, the Federal Reserve announced today it was lowering its key federal funds rate by half of a percentage point, down to 1.5%. It lowered the discount rate by the same amount, down to 1.75%. The Fed stated that economic growth had slowed "markedly in recent months," and that the cut was necessary. Futures are trading higher this ...

Another tough day ahead of us on Wall Street, as international markets have sold off about 4% today on widening fears over the slowing global economy. Look for another sell off on Wall Street, as futures are indicating a very sharp drop at the open. After the volatile week last week, many of us had some hopes that the Bush approved $700 billion bailout plan that was passed late on Friday ...

Yesterday was brutal on the stock market, with the largest one day drop in history, as the DOW fell 777 points, a decline of nearly 7. The Nasdaq dropped by even more on a percentage basis, with a decline of 9.14%, and the S&P gave back 8.8% yesterday. Futures are trading higher today, but it is going to take a lot more than one day of upside to make up what ...

Looks like another tough start to the week for Wall Street, as traders express their disappointment in the proposed bailout plan that looks likely to pass Congress the week. The Bush administration is pushing hard for its $700 billion bailout, but Wall Street doesn't believe that the Bush plan is going to be enough to help bailout the struggling economy, and futures are trading sharply lower this morning now that it ...

Futures are trading above fair values this morning as Wall Street prepares for a strong start to the day. There are two main factors at work today, strong earnings from computer giant Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL), and positive economic data on consumer spending that came out this morning. DELL reported its first quarter numbers last night, and easily beat analyst estimates for the quarter, showing earnings of 38 cents per share, which ...