Bullish Blog

Averages end day lower, but August is strong overall thanks to techs. Iran tensions push oil back to $70. Lockheed Martin wins moon vehicle contract; Bristol-Myers Squibb gets a big win on its Plavix patents. Retailers overall have an OK August.

AP - Wall Street ended an aimless session barely lower Thursday after investors shrugged off comments about productivity by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and awaited the government's August employment report. The major indexes ended August with gains.

Costco's top execs would have you believe that the economy's to blame for the club store's sales problems. Don't be so quick to believe them.

I'm buying shares of CytRx, which just received a big payment from a key nonprofit interested in a drug that would help fight Lou Gehrig's disease.