Stock Markets/Investing

There was much enthusiasm over the Oct. 17-23 trading session, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 12,000 mark for the first time — and it did so on the anniversary of Black Monday, …

Renewed buoyancy was evident in the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index last week, which turned in a gain of 39.09 points over the Oct. 17-23 trading session to close at 2,461….

Modest rises on United States stock markets were overshadowed by big gains in the mining equities during the reporting period Oct. 10-16. While the Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose just 18.39 poin…

Trading on the TSX Venture Exchange showed definite signs of life over the Oct. 10-16 report period as bargain-hunting investors bid up resource stocks battered by the commodity correction of late sum…

The market made a healthy gain over the Oct. 10-16 trading session, as both gold and base metals rallied. Overall the TSX Composite Index gained 3% to 12,061.54. Gold was up US$16.85 per oz., pushing …

TSX Short PositionsTSX Short Positions

The TSX Composite Index fell over the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened Oct. 3-6 trading period, dropping 96.5 points to 112,690.89 following the previous week’s rally….

The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index continued its decline in tandem with softer gold prices over the holiday-shortened Oct. 3-6 trading session, shedding 88.15 points to close at 2,365.66 as inves…

Stock markets in the United States enjoyed a slow but steady climb between Oct. 3 and Oct. 9, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 187.46 points to 11,857.81 and the Standard & Poor’s 500…

The Toronto market rode higher during the reporting period Sept. 26-Oct. 2, as the resource stocks rallied from the carnage of the previous week. While the TSX composite index rose 1.8% to 11,787.39 p…

U.S. MARKETSSEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 2…