Bullish Blog

Reuters - A bout of profit taking seems likely early next year after the S&P 500 ended its best December in almost two decades, but stocks may have further to run at the start of 2011.

AFP - US stocks closed mixed Friday in a quiet final session of 2010 as investors looked toward the new year in hopes of building on Wall Street’s recent robust gains.

Reuters - Toronto’s main stock index closed slightly higher on Friday in sparse New Year’s Eve trading, as strong metal prices and a rally in miners kept the market on track for its best December in five years and double-digit growth in 2010.

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Reuters - Money flows to global equity and other stock funds accelerated during the fourth quarter, signaling a possible twist in 2011 from the record investments made in bond portfolios over the last year, according to a report published by EPFR Global on Friday.

AP - Stock indexes were mixed Friday in quiet New Year’s Eve trading.

AP - For investors, 2010 was a 12-month tug of war between optimism and doubt. Stocks initially strengthened, the job market didn’t, and fears of economic collapse in Europe and a chilling “flash crash” left many investors almost too stunned to act.

AFP - The FTSE 100 has closed lower on its final day of trading for 2010, slipping 1.19 percent to end at 5,899.94 points — though it marked a solid gain of 9.2 percent for the year as a whole.

AP - World stocks traded in narrow ranges Friday in thin trading, with Chinese stocks powering ahead strongly but still ending the year with one of the worst annual declines among major markets.

AFP - European stock markets slid on Friday at the end of a mixed year for the region’s indices amid the eurozone debt crisis.