Posts Tagged ‘federal-reserve’
Stocks Tick Higher After Fed Minutes
Stocks Tick Higher After Fed Minutes Blue-chip stocks tacked on a second straight session of gains this year, boosted by encouraging economic data and relief over a quiet set of minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Stocks Slip
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday as concerns about the Federal Reserve's anti-deflationary... Read the rest of this entry »
Rough August for Dow
Stocks battled to a stalemate on Federal Reserve uncertainty over how to handle... Read the rest of this entry »
Glum Fed Report Weighs on Stocks
A gloomy economic assessment from the Federal Reserve added more doubts to the fragile... Read the rest of this entry »
Stocks Fall on Weak Home Sales
Stocks edged lower as investors reacted to weak housing data and awaited the Federal Reserve's... Read the rest of this entry »
Stocks are Slightly Higher on Signs of Economic Growth
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Hopeful signs that debt in Europe won’t derail a global economic recovery sent stocks higher Wednesday. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify in front of the House Budget Committee. He is expected to reiterate his belief that the U.S. economy will not fall back into recession, but growth will remain slow. Read the rest of this entry »
Stocks Surge on Global Effort to Ease European Debt Crunch
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks rocketed higher Monday after European leaders agreed to a nearly $1 trillion rescue plan to avoid a major debt crisis and the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would also provide loans overseas. The 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to create a nearly $1 trillion rescue Read the rest of this entry »
2-10-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks turn lower after comments by Fed Chairman Bernanke The stock market is falling as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke details plans for dismantling the central bank’s economic support measures. Bernanke says in prepared remarks to a House committee Wednesday that the Fed likely will begin tightening credit by raising the interest rate it pays Read the rest of this entry »
1-25-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks rebound as Fed Chairman Bernanke looks to be reappointed Stocks rose Monday morning, rebounding from the worst losing streak since the market bottomed last March. The market is bouncing back from a three-day losing streak that saw the Dow Jones industrial average fall 5.2 percent as concerns eased that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Read the rest of this entry »
12-30-09 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Submitted by SmallCapVoice.com Stocks are slightly lower as the dollar strengthens and GMAC looks for additional government aid Stocks were mostly lower in early trading Wednesday as a stronger dollar weighed on commodities prices. Some investors have been buying the dollar in recent weeks on the belief that the economy is improving and the Federal Reserve will raise Read the rest of this entry »