Wall Street jumps ahead of Bush and Bernanke
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Stocks rose on Friday, fueled by a sharp advance in financial services companies on hopes President Bush would unveil a plan to alleviate the subprime mortgage crisis and loosen credit conditions that have rattled financial markets.
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Stocks jumped the most in four years on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates and raised hopes the economy could ride out a prolonged housing slump and turmoil in the credit market.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, as rate-sensitive banking stocks gained on hopes that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will do nothing to dim hopes for an interest-rate cut when he delivers a speech this morning.
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Stocks jumped on Thursday, driving  both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite indexes up more than  1 percent as stocks rebounded, led by gains in financial  services companies and retailers.
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A jubilant Wall Street barreled higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a larger-than-expected half percentage point
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Stocks jumped on Friday, driving the Nasdaq up 2 percent briefly and S&P 500 up 1 percent, after lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  said it expects to return to profitability this quarter, easing some fears about financial sector losses.
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NEW YORK - Strong earnings from financial services companies and upbeat economic data pushed stocks higher Tuesday, but many investors clung to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, expected later in the session.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.52, or 0.1 percent, at 10,212.41...
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A mid-afternoon boost pushed the most widely followed benchmark of U.S. stocks past a previous high set amid the dot-com boom.
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Wall Street rose sharply in early trading, with solid preliminary results from IBM encouraging investors to buy back into the stock market after last weekâs rout.
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World stock markets ended the week on a strong note as investors took heart from speeches by US President George Bush and Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman.
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Stock markets rallied across Europe and Asia, oil prices surged and the US dollar was modestly higher Wednesday as President Bush crept closer to re-election in a tight race for the White House.
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Stocks rose in early trading as Wall Street, heartened by upbeat investment bank earnings, awaited the Federal Reserveâs meeting on interest rates.
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Wall Street stocks soared on Tuesday afternoon as investors reacted with delight to a 50 basis point cut in US interest rates.
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Stocks leapt on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the economy was growing but not so quickly as to fan inflation.
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Stocks surged Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials posting triple-digit gains as investors expressed relief following Sen. John Kerry&#39;s concession to President Bush.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with   the Standard & Poor's 500 index hitting a five-year high on   strong profit reports and optimism before the Federal Reserve's   interest rate decision.
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Investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction, and Wall Street greeted the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive by buying up technology shares. The Dow Jones industrials gained 100 points in morning trading.