Stocks Close Out Best Year Since 2013; S&P 500 Soars 28.9%

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 The three major indexes set more record highs than in 2018 and kept the longest bull market for stocks going. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

S&P 500 Marks Longest Bull Run on Mixed Day for Indexes

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Aug 22, 2018 The bull market for U.S. stocks began in March 2009 and has now lasted nine years, five months and 13 days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economic Storm Clouds Ahead

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jun 2, 2013 The recent jubilance among economic forecasters is enough to make even weather forecasters blush. “Just look at the bull market! Look at home prices! Look at consumer confidence!” I can understand the jubilation in the narrow sense that we’ve been down so long everything looks up. But prophecies can’t be self-fulfilling if they’re based on wishful thinking. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why There’s a Bull Market for Stocks and Bear Market for Workers

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 On Tuesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 14,270. The stock market is basically back to where it was in 2000, while corporate earnings have doubled since then. Yet the real median wage is now 8 percent below what it was then and unemployment remains sky-high. Why is the stock market doing so well, while most Americans are doing so poorly? Here are four reasons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dow Breaks 13,000 for First Time Since 2008

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Analysts are heralding the Dow Jones' jumps past 13,000 on two brief occasions Tuesday as a sign that all this talk of economic recovery may be more bull market than, well, bull. Here's hoping they're right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bull Mechanics

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Colbert and Wolf Talk Fascism, Blackwater, Vodka

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2007 For his part, Stephen Colbert doesn't see Naomi Wolf's point about Blackwater USA's recent shameful shenanigans in Iraq somehow heralding a fast-approaching era of fascism in America. Instead, the faux-pundit believes the trend is more toward "a bull market for shooting people" these days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )