Bullish Blog

AP - Wall Street carved out a solid advance Friday after data on job creation, manufacturing and inflation injected the market with renewed confidence about the economy and sent major indexes to record closes.

FT.com - FKI topped the mid-cap risers on Thursday as bid speculation drove the engineering group to a five-year high.

Controlling shareholders of Dow Jones put the company up for sale. Dell's plan sends shares soaring. Stocks have their second-best month of the year despite a flat day. Wachovia's $6.8 billion deal for broker A.G. Edwards pushes broker stocks higher.

FT.com - US stocks were higher at midmorning on Thursday, as a slew of deals fuelled the market's momentum, a day after the S&P 500 had risen to a record close.

FT.com - London equities rallied on Thursday thanks to a rally in the mining sector and strong gains for Johnson Matthey.

FT.com - Utilities and technology stocks drove European equity markets higher on Thursday as cash returns and stakebuilding lifted the speculative appeal of both sectors.

AFP - Europe's main stock markets rallied on Thursday as investors looked to a record overnight finish in New York and shrugged off jitters over Chinese equities, dealers said.

AP - Japanese stocks rallied to a three-month high Thursday, lifted by gains in export-sensitive shipping and machinery shares after Wall Street rose to new records overnight.

I've become a believer in Boeing, which has taken $80 billion in orders for its risk-it-all commercial jet, the Dreamliner 787. Boeing stock should fly up to $135 a share over the next 18 months.

AP - Chinese stocks rebounded Thursday after a one-day plunge following government efforts to cool a market boom that economists worry could cause a price bubble.