Stocks Lower as Tapering is Being Priced In! Stocks on Wall Street opened higher thanks to a strong retail sales report and jobless calims. Investors sold into the rally pushing indexes lower as obstacles for a tapering are removed one by one! The market is in the midst of its biggest weekly drop since August.
Stocks Higher on December Job Report! Stocks opened sharply higher thanks to the better than expected monthly nonfarm payrolls report. The jobs report was the best since November 2008, with headline unemployment of 7.0%, although the work participation rate is near its lows. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for December beat expectations with





