NEW YORK -- Stocks ended higher but well off their best levels of the day as volatility continued to tug at the market.
Stocks ended another jumpy session higher Monday after reports on manufacturing and housing boosted hopes for the economy.
The market has been shifting direction in recent days as investors try to determine whether the bets they've been placing on a rebound in the economy are still sound.
The Dow Jones industrial average is up 77 at 9,789, down by half from its high of the day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 7 at 1,043. The Nasdaq composite index is up 4 at 2,049.
Advancing stocks narrowly outpaced those that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume totaled 1.1 billion compared with 1.4 billion Friday.
In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.
Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
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