Stocks & Bonds: Drop in Bonds Offsets Optimism on Shares
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Stocks closed mixed in postholiday trading Thursday as a drop in bond prices stifled Wall Streetâs excitement about new buyout activity and strength in service industries.
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Stubbornly high bond yields discouraged investors from extending Wall Streetâs recovery from last weekâs losses.
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Stocks declined slightly after opening on Thursday in sign that investor enthusiasm over the Federal Reserve's big rate cut this week was fading and as investment banks reported mixed financial results.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as rising bond yields stoked concerns that higher borrowing costs could cut into corporate profits and put a damper on deal activity.
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US stocks were modestly firmer in choppy trade on Thursday as investors digested an array of mixed earnings and renewed weakness among bond insurers after a ratings downgrade.
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Stocks dropped on Friday as investors tempered their optimism that the economy could avoid recession, and locked in profits on banking and pharmaceutical shares after two days of sharp gains.
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Stocks slid on Thursday afternoon, with financial shares hurt by rising bond yields.
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The bond market wasn&#39;t supposed to finish out the year this way. With the dollar slumping, the US economy improving and the Federal Reserve taking action to keep growth in check, the good times were supposed to fizzle.
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U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday in the latest leg of a global equities sell-off as investors' diminishing appetite for risk drove them to safer assets like bonds.
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U.S. stocks ended up slightly on Tuesday as a dip in benchmark Treasury bond yields tempered interest-rate worries, overshadowing disappointing earnings from Best Buy Co. Inc.
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Wall Street heads back to work this week in a somewhat calmer state of mind. Overall, investors are more optimistic now about the financial markets than they've been in several weeks.
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Stocks opened down on Friday, hurt by higher bond yields and lingering credit worries.
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Bonds softened while the dollar and stocks edged up on Thursday after data showed the U.S. current account gap widened less than expected in the third quarter.
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NEW YORK  -U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday, with a decline in Microsoft Corp. weighing on technology shares, while bonds rose slightly and the dollar mostly firmed against major currencies.
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NEW YORK - Deepening investor pessimism over the health of the economy sent stocks lower Friday as investors registered their disappointment over the government's latest jobs report. The major indexes were poised to end the week lower as well...
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Bonds softened while the dollar and  stocks edged up on Thursday after data showed the U.S. current  account gap widened less than expected in the third quarter.
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Interest rate uncertainty sapped the dollar and yen on Tuesday but helped keep bonds buoyant, while stocks took a breather from multi-year highs.