RSS FeedDecember 5, 2009, 4:28 AM ET



[BRIEFING.COM] Better-than-expected unemployment numbers prompted participants to drive stocks to new 2009 highs in the early going, but the news was quickly sold. In turn, Friday made for the third straight session that stocks set fractionally... more...


RatingArticle
4.08Credit card lenders go on a rampage
3.94Held hostage by your credit scores?
3.93A $5 footlong success story
3.873 reasons 2010's economy looks iffy

MSN Money experts

Traders (c) Colin Anderson/Jupiterimages50 stocks to buy in December

StockScouter identifies companies building momentum that can be sustained as the economy recovers from the recession.

Jim Jubak3 reasons 2010's economy looks iffy

Signs of a recovery look promising in manufacturing, auto sales, real estate and other key sectors. But problems remain.

Jubak's Picks

SymbolDate pickedPick details
COH11/20/09Learn more
ORA11/17/09Learn more
GG11/5/09Learn more
TSM10/20/09Learn more
TEVA10/13/09Learn more
Michael BrushCorporate America's huge piles of cash

Companies are sitting on billions in excess money. The likely outcome: A spending spree that could get the economy rolling.

Investing basics

Stocks to watch

Here are the latest moves for a selection of stocks chosen by MSN Money editors.

Big Lots

Goodyear Tire

Monster Worldwide

Robert Half Int'l

Community

MSN CAPSInvestors Helping Investors beat the market.
Top-rated stocks generating the largest % return in the market today
Hottest 5-Star Stocks 5 stars % Change more...
Frontier Financial Corp (FTBKD)+22.22% 
Hartmarx Corp (HTMXQ)+20.00% 
TXCO Resources, Inc. (TXCOQ)+16.00% 
Stocks with the highest bullish/bearish sentiment from the highest-rated CAPS players over the last seven days
Bullish
Bullish
Stock nameStock symbol
Hasbro IncHAS
Procter & Gamble CoPG
Hillenbrand IncHI
China Marine Food Group LtdCMFO
Costco Wholesale CorpCOST
Bearish
Bearish
Stock nameStock Symbol
Origin Agritech LtdSEED
UltraShort Silver ProSharesZSL
PowerShares DB Gold Double Short ETNDZZ
CompuCredit Holdings CorpCCRT
Mercadolibre IncMELI
Ratings as of 4:28 AM Eastern Time
Topic Boards - Most Active New Posts
EverythingElse2675
YourMoney2480
PoliticsandtheMarkets930
WomenInRed840
MarketTalkwithJimJubak690
PennyStocks 160
TaxCorner108
StartInvesting103
AskACreditCounselor85
SmartSpending72
Hottest Stocks - Most Active New Posts
SIRI49
F43
NVAX37
GE25
T20
BAC10
MSFT7
C5
AIG4
XOM3
advertisement

Market summary

Currency rates     more...
EUR/USDGBP/USDUSD/JPYGold
1.486101.6474590.744101,169.00
-0.01947-0.00627+2.37410-49.30
(4:28 AM ET)

Market trends

Gainers% ChangeLast
Midwest Banc Holdings Inc+46.67%2.64
Frontier Financial Ord Shs+22.22%4.40
LodgeNet Interactive Corp+21.49%5.37
Synovus Financial Corp+20.79%2.15
ADA-ES Inc+20.00%3.30
Big Lots Inc+19.29%28.08
BlueLinx Holdings Inc+16.54%3.10
OfficeMax Inc+15.78%12.69
Mac-Gray Corp+15.33%9.78
Chordiant Software Inc+15.24%3.10
more...
Losers% ChangeLast
Take Two Interactive Software Inc-29.12%7.74
Colony Bankcorp Inc-23.13%3.69
ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc-19.13%2.96
Versant Corp-17.27%15.14
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp-15.56%4.45
Gold Reserve Inc-13.21%1.38
Finisar Corp-13.18%8.43
iPath DJ AIG Platinum TR Sub-Idx ETN-12.81%39.48
Steris Corp-12.52%29.14
First Security Group Inc-12.38%2.83
more...
Actives% ChangeVolume
Bank of America Corp+3.30%1,226,791,285
Citigroup Inc+0.25%319,398,682
SPDRs+0.57%274,907,788
Financial Select Sector SPDR+1.88%195,548,191
Bank of America Common Equivalent Securities Reptg Depositor+2.18%183,607,758
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index+0.92%108,672,378
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares-4.93%105,477,689
iShares Russell 2000 Index+2.48%100,436,026
General Electric Co+1.25%88,410,930
Intel Corp+2.97%86,311,227
more...