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Stocks Close Higher After Mixed Housing, Manufacturing News
By Joyce HansonMixed economic news on the housing and manufacturing fronts did not prevent the stock market from rising as third-quarter bank earnings showed continued strength with Citigroup's report of $2.17 billion in profits.
October 01, 2010
Will the Trading Range Break to the Up- or Downside?Over the past few months, the stock market's performance has been making investors sick as expectations from both bulls and bears go unfulfilled.
October 01, 2010
Room to Grow: Sentiment Augurs More Market Gains: Searching for Alpha for October 2010Last month's Searching for Alpha newsletter listed several reasons why I feel stocks are heading higher.
September 24, 2010
New Home Sales Still Dismal; Stocks Surge on Durable Goods ReportNew home sales figures released Friday by the Census Bureau showed that housing had a long way to go before it joined the "expansion" and orders for durable goods fell 1.3%, but its core components rose.
September 17, 2010
Stocks Inch Higher for the Day and Week; Consumer Confidence Drops, CPI Stays FlatConsumer confidence fell in September even though consumer prices remained mostly flat in August, and that mixed data released Friday left stocks range-bound in typically lackluster trading.
September 16, 2010
Stocks Close Mixed in Reponse to Dull Economic DataIf there were any surprises in the market on Thursday, it was only at how mildly tepid the economic news was. Stocks were mixed at market close, with the Dow up 22 points.
September 03, 2010
FaithShares Advisors Launches Its First SMAFaithShares Advisors is expanding its investment portfolio with a highly customizable separately managed account (SMA), the firm announced Wednesday, September 1.
September 01, 2010
What's Not to Love about Stocks?: Searching for Alpha for September 2010As new home sales decline to the lowest levels since the government began tracking them in 1963.