Bullish Blog

AFP - London shares climbed on Firday as falling fuel prices buoyed retailers and travel companies.

AP - World markets rose Friday amid stock buying from pension funds balancing their portfolios at the month’s end and a general sense that share prices may have hit a bottom. Asian shares had earlier closed mostly lower.

Reuters - Stocks in Japan fell to their lowest in decades this week, but seasoned punter Heiichiro Kase is far from discouraged.

AP - Japan’s benchmark stock index closed down 5 percent Friday as investors shrugged off an interest rate cut by the central bank and instead unloaded shares for quick profits ahead of a long weekend.

AP - India’s benchmark Sensex index surged 8.22 percent Friday as traders caught up with Thursday’s sharp rally in global markets.

For retailers, this year’s Christmas season could be the worst in nearly 2 decades. But investors can still find ways to win with retail stocks. Here’s how.

Don’t expect the US economy to burst out of its sharp downturn anytime soon. Here’s why, and how investors can deal with a protracted slump.

The recent snap-back rally is a great lesson for the poor investors who pay too much attention to the media. Armageddon has been officially postponed.

A volatile market forces a flight to sell stops and limit order. And several new reports in the coming days may provide even more chilling news.

AP - The stock market closed out a horrendous October, its worst month in 21 years, with a big advance Friday as more investors took chances on stocks turned into bargains by waves of intense selling. The session’s advance — which gave the market its first back-to-back gains in more than a month — fed hopes that Wall Street has indeed found a bottom.