Bullish Blog

AP - Stocks ended November on a down note Tuesday, notching their first monthly losses since August.

AFP - Asian stocks lost ground on Tuesday with Tokyo and Shanghai falling sharply as markets worried about Chinese economic tightening and the troubled eurozone.

AP - Buoyant U.S. consumer confidence figures failed to turn around investor sentiment Tuesday as worries that Portugal or even Spain will have to seek outside help for their debts continued to unsettle financial markets.

Reuters - Stocks fell in a choppy session on Tuesday as news late in the session that Portugal’s debt could be downgraded reignited selling in a high-volume flurry that may bode ill when markets reopen.

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AP - Stocks ended lower Monday on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped below 11,000 but recovered much of its losses late in the day.

AP - DOW PARES BACK LOSSES: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 39.51 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 11,052.49. It had been down as many as 163 earlier.

Reuters - Store chains had a strong start to the holiday shopping season, but investors who bid up retail stocks were not impressed as they waited to see how much of a sales lull might set in.

AFP - Britain’s leading share index fell back sharply on Monday with only two blue chip firms posting modest gains as Ireland’s 85-billion-euro bailout failed to dispel investor fears over the eurozone debt crisis.

AFP - The euro slumped under 1.31 dollars to hit a fresh two-month low, stocks fell sharply and bond yields rose further on Monday as Ireland’s 85-billion-euro bailout failed to dispel fears over the eurozone debt crisis.