Money | Volatility and volume. It was another pretty wild week in the stock
market. We’re having more days when the market swings 100 points or
more. Of course, when the Dow is up around 15,000, a 100-point
swing is not…
Money |
Not so quiet. Once again it was supposed to be a quiet week on the
financial front, and once again it didn’t turn out that way.
Monday, of course, was the…
Money |
An unexpected week. This week—with its quiet beginning and volatile
middle and end—was not the kind of week most of us expected. On
Monday, stocks traded…
Money |
Big Apple ripe. I spent a couple of days in New York this
week, and I can tell you that with the stock markets at all time
highs, the Big Apple is…
Money |
Up, up, and away. The markets just keep climbing. The Dow closed
above 15,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday, and it continued
to set new records on…
Money |
Flash crash. Last week, with the Boston bombings, the fertilizer
plant explosion in Texas, the Dow having its worst week of the year
so far, and gold and…
Finance |
Integrity was the subject for the day. The professor, a WWII vet,
spoke with authority, as 17 midshipmen listened in a small
classroom. The Vietnam War was…
Money |
Earnings season. We’ve entered earnings season for the markets, as
we do each quarter, and the news so far this week has been upbeat.
Alcoa is a huge…
Money |
Calm before the storm. We almost got out of this week with no
drama. The U.S. stock markets spent most of the week at or near
record levels. Cyprus seems to…
Cities |
A federal judge granted Stockton, Calif., Chapter 9 bankruptcy
protection yesterday, making it the largest city in the country to
fail financially. Now the…
Money |
Why Cyprus? Who would have thought a month ago that the tiny nation
of Cyprus would be dominating the economic news in the way it has
these past couple of…
Money |
A breather, or a case of the nerves? We’ve seen a record run-up in
the markets since the first of the year. The Dow is up about 7.5
percent from Jan. 1. But…
