Archive for April, 2012

Successful Spanish bond sale, BofA earnings not enough to keep market out of the red.

Stocks are rallying, pushed higher by earnings and good news from Spain.

Track the intersection of demographics, economics, and psychographics to follow global changes, advises Chris Versace, editor of Power Trend Profits. Today, he zeroes in on stocks that stand to gain as these trends take hold.

Stocks are rallying, pushed higher by earnings and good news from Spain.

Retail sales increased 0.8% from a month ago, even as gas prices spiked and climbed near $4 a gallon

A day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s largest rally this year, the blue-chip index opened lower this morning. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Stocks slipped into the red this morning, after data showed gasoline prices battered consumers last month. The Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 75.7 in early April, down [...]

A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Alcoa Inc. rose 2.5 percent to $10.15 with 24,579,200 shares traded.

A collection of encouraging news on the global economy drove stocks higher for the second day in a row. China, the world’s second-largest economy, showed signs of strength. U.S. exports rose to an all-time high as U.S. businesses sold more goods abroad.

Shares of America’s natural gas producers rose Thursday as commodity prices rebounded from 10-year lows. Natural gas futures climbed back near $2 per barrel in midday trading in New York.

Shares of oilfield services companies traded mostly higher on Thursday, as oil prices rose and Oceaneering International Inc. received a contract from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.