NEW YORK — The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it’s an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent. But the stock market turns out to be a pretty good predictor, too. The Dow Jones industrial average has soared [...]

The stock market hit a big milestone Tuesday, as the Dow Jones industrial average hit 13000 for the first time since 2008. The stock market got the final push from strong corporate earnings reports and a Greek bailout deal. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when [...]

2/20/2012 7:15 PM ET – The Taiwan stock market has finished higher now in back-to-back sessions, climbing almost 85 points or 1.1 percent in the process. The Taiwan Stock Exchange finished just above the 7,950-point plateau, and now analysts are predicting little movement at the opening of trade on Tuesday. The global forecast for the [...]

NEW YORK — The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it’s an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent. But the stock market turns out to be a pretty good predictor, too. The Dow Jones industrial average has [...]

New York • The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it’s an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent. But the stock market turns out to be a pretty good predictor, too, although not everyone is sold on [...]

With the stock market up almost 4.5% last month, the best January since 1997, I’m becoming more confident about the stock market and thinking of cashing out CDs and putting about $ 100,000 into stocks. Is now a good time to do that? — Nick If you’re thinking of investing in stocks as part of [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The number has been repeated so often by presidential prognosticators that it’s an article of faith: No president has been re-elected since World War II with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2 percent. But the stock market turns out to be a pretty good predictor, too. The Dow Jones industrial average [...]

Stock market was buoyed by good news about jobs and housing. The Dow rose 123 points to close at 12904, within 100 points of 13000. Gains on the stock market overlooked problems in Greece for the time being. Investors sent U.S. stocks barreling to their highest levels of the year Thursday, buoyed by slivers of [...]

Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Member «inthemoneystocks». For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=7872 Featured Post Stock Market Drunk Off Apple Schnapps The S&P 500 and NASDAQ continue to push higher, even with weakness in many leading stocks. This push higher is a result of the market being drunk, euphoric over the [...]

Early in January 2012, DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Gundlach sounded bearish on the U.S. stock market. He said unless the Shanghai Composite Index stages some kind of rally, it is unlikely that the U.S. stock market can decouple for long and perform well in 2012. Now in mid February, the Chinese stock index is up over [...]

Facebook game star Zynga saw its stock market price sink after its first earnings report as a public company showed employee stock compensation turned profit into loss by the end of 2011. The San Francisco firm’s revenue last year nearly doubled to $ 1.14 billion but the profit on the books at the end of [...]

2/13/2012 8:46 PM ET – The Indonesia stock market on Monday ended the two-day losing streak in which it had fallen more than 75 points or 2 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index finished just above the 3,960-point plateau, and now investors may be tempted to lock in gains when the market opens on Tuesday. The [...]