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Midday Stockmarket Snapshot
By midday on Tuesday the markets were up in advance of the news from the FOMC regarding monetary policy. The Dow was up +35 and the Nasdaq was at +5. Economic news and attention to oil weighed heavy on investors minds as the expense of a gasoline fill-up continues to creep u...
Posted on Tue, 8 Aug 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
Monday's markets are in the doldrums at midday as the bad news from BP British Petrolleum regarding the Alaskan pipeline closing sent oil futures skyward and had an impact on the indexes all morning. The other worry on Wall Street is that the FOMC Federal Open Market Committ...
Posted on Mon, 7 Aug 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Marktet Snapshot
Stocks stayed close to flat line by midday Thursday as the news of the day had some effect on the indexes. Retail sales numbers for July were lackluster interest rates rise from overseas and economic data from the Commerce Department; all helped to keep the markets from acce...
Posted on Thu, 3 Aug 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
Stocks rebounded by midday Wednesday as good earnings news from Proctor Gamble and AOL Time Warner helped the indexes after a two-day downward spiral. Time Warner Inc. said second quarter revenues climbed and profit was at $1 billion AOL announced that they will give free em...
Posted on Wed, 2 Aug 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
Well the start of August and a major heat wave across the nation did not heat-up the markets as the Dow was off by -77 at midday the Nasdaq off -28. It seems that the economy's slowing growth and the Fed's rate moves along with the Middle East conflict are weighting down the...
Posted on Tue, 1 Aug 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
Well stocks were in yo-yo mode in morning trading on Monday as the markets absorbed the economic news and cast their eyes on the August 8th FOMC meeting by the Fereral Reserve. The Dow was -26 and the Nasdaq -5 by midday. The poll of economists say there is a 50-50 cahnce of...
Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
Markets went into rebound mode Thursday morning with enormous profits from the oil sector and additional economic news regarding the economy helping the indexes. At midday day the Dow was up by +75 and the Nasdaq up by +10. Oil profits big big big once again. ExxonMobil the ...
Posted on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Midday Market News
Markets were in a quagmire all morning on Wednesday as disappointing earning news from Amazon.com hurt; Boeing Co. giving a weak profit performance did not encourage confidence GlaxoSmithKline slipped in second quarter earnings; Corning Inc.said third-quarter earnings will b...
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Stock Market Snapshot
In the yo-yo world of stocks this year the Dow is off by -15 at midday the Nasdaq up by +1 and the corporate quarterly results continue to roll out. UPS disappointed and AT T and McDonald's Corp. had strong results but the markets failed to have anything but lackluster perfo...
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 by Sonja Rudd | Read More | Comments (0)
Madonna Rocked American Airlines Arena
Religion and politics are two touchy subjects that can sting you if their expressed in an offensive matter. Madonna always manages to push buttons doors windows you name it and with her concert in full effect this past weekend she was back in her old shoes again. American Ai...
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 by Miss Jane | Read More | Comments (0)
