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Tech stocks stayed on the upside of middling after a pretty big pop in stocks yesterday on not a lot of economic data.
Traders appeared to maintain a bit of caution, even with tech stocks still getting some play following yesterday's rally, and with oil prices slipping downward following the end of the soldier standoff after Iran planned to release British soldiers it was holding in captivity.
KOLNKGIN - News:: is hoping to hang on to his lead, and John McCain is hoping to make some gains. (Full Story) Dems Look To Possible Obama Landslide http://www.kolnkgin.com/newsHOME | The Nasdaq index rose by 0.34 percent to close at 2,458.69. The Dow closed up by 0.16 percent to finish the day at 12,530.05 and the S&P 500 finished up at 1,439.37, a gain of 0.11 percent.
4th and Goal | TheStockBandit.net:: Has it been a great year and you want to mostly hang onto gains? of chances to make some good trades if you do your homework and look for them. http://www.thestockbandit.net/2006/09/30/4th-and-goal/HOME | Microsoft closed the regular trading day at $29.50, up 2.26 percent on the regular trading day and ticking upward in after hours as well. Another mover and shaker in the tech sector, Cisco, pick up about a percentage to close at $26.10 today.
Steroids Addiction - Mens Health:: You wont be able to quit steroids and hang on to those gains. Its not a natural thing. Look, even guys who do steroids have to work hard for the gains. http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&c0VgnVCM20000012281eac____HOME | Monster Worldwide fell by 13 percent to 42.10 after the staffing and job listing site warned of lower first quarter sales than analysts had expected.
With first quarter earnings season just about to kick off, investors were also looking for any signs of faltering corporate profits as a better judge of the long-term outlook for the economy.
Paul Shread and technical analysis are on vacation this week.
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