Bulls Battle Bears

The bull run was instant from the open as ratings for Aloca (AA) and Intel (INTC) were both upgraded which lead to a nice run up for the boards. In addition, healthcare stocks moved upwards after a key vote in Senate. Potash which has come off deep lows earlier this year also got a [...]

Markets turned back into the red near the end on Tuesday and never managed to recover to close down for the first time in a four days. Mixed data on inflation and manufacturing caused investors to pull back from the the tables. Some of the big losers came from financials: Bank of America (BAC), JP [...]

Depending on how you invest, today was either one of those days you wish your money was not on the table, or you were somehow in the Forex markets or shorting stocks and walking away a big winner. Fears of the recovery of the global economy once again jilted the good news of some companies [...]

Bernake helped the markets fall lower when he commented late today on the fragile economy and how interest rates cannot be raised due to the volatility in the economy. This pushed the dollar lower after a 5 week run upwards as well as sending gold back up after it was sinking lower for the most [...]