Paul Shread

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stayed under pressure Monday in the wake of disappointing sales reports last week, but the Nasdaq

The Nasdaq's longest winning streak in 17 years came to an end Friday on the heels of weaker than expected quarterly sales from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Dow Theory, the oldest school of technical analysis, finally has something good to say about the stock market — and by extension, the economy. With

Technology earnings reports for the second quarter have generally come in better than expected so far, but Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Amazon.com

EMC (NYSE: EMC) this morning posted better-than-expected quarterly results -- and said it expects to do even better with the acquisition of Data Domain

VMware (NYSE: VMW) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) became the latest to top Wall Street forecasts late Wednesday as the Nasdaq's winning streak entered its 11th

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) posted yet another quarter of blow-out results late Tuesday, but Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) left investors wanting

Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) late Monday became the latest chipmaker to report better than expected quarterly results, as the Nasdaq's winning streak

Stocks ended the day mixed on Friday, as traders digested earnings reports from IBM (NYSE: IBM), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and financial companies. IBM and

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gave the tech sector more good news late Thursday, reporting better than expected earnings, while sales were

The stock market staged its biggest rally in four months on Wednesday, thanks to blowout quarterly results from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Intel jumped 7.3%

The S&P 500 (first chart below) is attempting to bottom after threatening to break down out of a two-month trading range last week. The 910-918.67 level