CORRECTS YEAR - Security from Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park, watch as Occupy Wall Street protesters gather in the park, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2012, in New York. Barricades were removed by the owners allowing access into the park by the protesters on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP – World markets mostly rose Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. economic recovery will gather pace, helping corporate earnings and easing some of the stress generated by Europe’s debt crisis.


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In this Sept. 19, 2011 photo, specialist Frank Masiello works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global markets were in a largely wait-and-see mood Wednesday, Seot.21, 2011, as they waited to see if the U.S. Federal Reserve would move to stimulate the U.S. economy and if Greece's creditors would continue to prop up the struggling country.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Federal Reserve did what investors expected Wednesday — it said it would buy Treasury bonds to help the economy. But stocks fell anyway. The reason? The Fed made it clear that it thinks a full economic recovery is years away.


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Specialist Jason Hardzewicz works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – European stocks were hurt Tuesday by a report showing economic sentiment in the eurozone was souring due to uncertainties about the future of the global economic recovery and the region’s festering debt crisis.


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A man walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 154.53 points, to end morning session at 9915.00.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP – Fears that Italy and Spain may succumb to Europe’s debt crisis added to recent pessimism about the global economic recovery, sending share prices tumbling Tuesday across Asia.


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Weak US jobs figures hit stocks (AP)

By admin on July 9th, 2011

A man walks past an electric stock index display of a securities firm while talking on his mobile phone in Tokyo Friday, July 8, 2011. Asian markets moved higher Friday following a Wall Street rally spurred by an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report and a rebound in retail sales. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP – Much weaker than expected U.S. job figures sent stocks tumbling Friday as investors worried that the American economic recovery was grinding to a halt.


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US stocks slump on gloomy jobs data (AFP)

By admin on July 9th, 2011

US stocks ended the week with a modest gain, despite being punished on Friday by a disappointing jobs report that showed growth was still limping along in the world's largest economy.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP – US stocks dropped sharply as markets opened on Friday, wiping out the previous day’s gains after disappointing data on unemployment dashed hopes that the economic recovery might be regaining speed.


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US stocks fall on bleak jobs report (AFP)

By admin on July 9th, 2011

US stocks ended the week with a modest gain, despite being punished on Friday by a disappointing jobs report that showed growth was still limping along in the world's largest economy.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP – US stocks dropped sharply on Friday, wiping out much of the previous day’s gains after disappointing data on unemployment dashed hopes that the economic recovery might be gathering speed.


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AP – As the jobless rate inches up and the economic recovery sputters, investors looking for a few good stocks may want to follow the money — or rather the TV, the beloved Fender guitar, the baubles from grandma, the wedding ring.

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