Trading Markets

Finding Calm in the Storm: 3 PowerRatings Short Term Gainers

With the literal storm of market moving news over the last several days, choosing individual stocks for short term investment is a difficult game for many traders. But there are a few steps you can take to weather the storm and even flourish. Here’s three.

Stocks Break Even, Bernanke Speaks, Credit Down

Fed Chief Bernanke made it clear that interest rates would not be increased in the near future as the recovery is far from certain. Consumer credit hit the 9th straight decline depressing stocks into the close.

Gold Gorged, NFP Surprise, Stocks Higher

Stocks rocketed higher on the heels of a surprisingly better than expected Non Farm Payroll report. The U.S. dollar also rallied on news of gorging gold prices.

TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Tension in the Senate regarding Ben Bernanke’s second term combined with a weaker than expected November in retail cast a pessimistic shadow on stocks. 18 cents/share is the estimated earnings for Big Lots’ fiscal third quarter 2010 prior to the bell.