| Forget the Double-Dip: Stocks Still Can Rise in Bad Economy (at CNBC) During times of slow economic growth, stocks have risen twice as often as they have fallen. The trend is important amid a series of GDP downgrades and worries that the economy even could fall into a double-dip or worse. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Tech Stocks: Hewlett-Packard, Cisco lead tech stocks higher [at MarketWatch] - Tech stocks gain as sector leaders Hewlett-Packard Co. and Cisco Systems Inc. rise. us.rd.yahoo.com |
U.S. stocks strengthen; Citigroup gains 5% [at MarketWatch] - U.S. stocks found some footing in afternoon trading Friday, with all three major indexes trading higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 56 points, or 0.5%, to 10,844. The blue-chip average had dipped into the red briefly as investors fretted over weak components in the Institute for Supply Management s September index on manufacturing. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week. nytimes.com |
Wall Street posts third straight weekly gain U.S. stocks capped a third straight week of gains on Friday as encouraging earnings helped the market sustain upward momentum, led by Baidu Inc , the latest tech company to beat estimates. finance.yahoo.com |