Bullish Blog

AFP - The leading London stock market edged higher at the open on Friday, its last trading day of 2010.

Reuters - World stocks ended 2010 at their highest levels in 28 months on Friday and oil touched a 26-month peak as expectations of a further recovery in the global economy supported investors’ appetite for risk heading into the new year.

Reuters - U.S. stocks closed out a year of double-digit gains and the S&P’s best December since 1991 with a quiet and little changed session on Friday as investors found no reason to make big bets ahead of the new year.

AP - TAX TIME: Stocks dipped Thursday as investors locked in their positions at the end of the year. Many investors were selling stocks or funds that have lost money in order to reap the tax benefits.

AP - It appears investors are beginning to get comfortable with risk again. Not only are they pulling money out of bond mutual funds at the fastest pace in two years, but they’re slowly starting to embrace stocks again.

Reuters - Toronto’s main stock index retreated slightly on Thursday after hitting a two-year high as gold miners declined and investors were hesitant to take on riskier bets before the new year.

The Motley Fool - It’s never been clearer that ordinary investors just don’t like U.S. stocks right now. While emerging markets like China and India grab the spotlight, you’d think from listening to news reports that investing domestically was just as bad as throwing your money away.

AFP - European stock markets fell on Thursday as profit-taking set in ahead of the New Year and after the Tokyo market ended 2010 on a weak note.

AP - Stocks dipped Thursday as investors locked in their positions at the end of the year.

AFP - Europe’s main stock markets were little changed at the start of trading on Thursday, with London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.07 percent to 5,992.50 points compared with the previous day’s close.