Archive

2004 Columns

12/29/04
Buoyant housing

12/28/04
Taking the year's pulse

12/20/04
The week ahead

12/17/04
Benign inflation

12/16/04
Charge it!

12/15/04
Hear, hear

12/14/04
Fed acts again

12/13/04
The week ahead

12/10/04
Inflation scare

12/9/04
No, no, Snow won't go

12/8/04
Optimistic investors

12/7/04
Pink-slip party

12/6/04
The week ahead

12/3/04
Weakness on the job front

12/2/04
Oiling the Dow

12/1/04
The bulls are running

11/30/04
Off to the malls

11/29/04
The week ahead

11/24/04
Get ready for pricier mail

11/22/04
The week ahead

11/19/04
Tuning in Mel

11/18/04
Merger momentum

11/17/04
A blue light special?

11/15/04
The week ahead

11/12/04
'Tis the season...to spend

11/11/04
Not a done deal

11/10/04
No surprise from the Fed

11/9/04
Waiting for Cisco's take

11/8/04
The week ahead

11/5/04
Good news on jobs

11/4/04
Tax-cut march

11/3/04
Wall Street applauds the winner

11/2/04
Decision time

11/1/04
The week ahead

10/29/04
Slowing down

10/28/04
China puts on the brakes

10/27/04
More airline trouble

10/26/04
More fallout in insurance probe

10/25/04
The week ahead

10/22/04
Gaga over Google

10/21/04
Profit slowdown

10/20/04
Doom and gloom on Wall Street

10/19/04
Bullish tidings

10/18/04
The week ahead

10/15/04
Getting a read on prices

10/14/04
Market down on earnings news

10/13/04
The final showdown

10/12/04
Earnings slowdown

10/11/04
The week ahead

10/8/04
Job numbers disappoint

10/7/04
The high cost of oil

10/6/04
Sirius stuff

10/5/04
All eyes on the jobs number

10/4/04
The week ahead

10/1/04
The scariest of months

9/30/04
Third quarter letdown

9/29/04
Happy talk on the economy

9/28/04
Jumpin' java

9/27/04
The week ahead

9/24/04
Martha the Survivor

9/23/04
The bond market ignores the Fed

9/22/04
Second-guessing the Fed

9/21/04
Fed chimes in again

9/20/04
The week ahead

9/17/04
A manufacturing pause?

9/16/04
Inflation in check

9/15/04
Time to do the time

9/14/04
Winners and losers

9/13/04
The week ahead

9/10/04
More insight on inflation

9/9/04
Healthcare costs sting business

9/8/04
Greenspan: Glass is half full

9/7/04
Surviving September

9/6/04
The week ahead

9/3/04
Spinning the jobs numbers

9/2/04
Waning Wal-Mart sales

9/1/04
Fidelity's big move

8/31/04
Consumers lose confidence

8/30/04
The week ahead

8/27/04
Downshifting

8/24/04
Are consumers tapped out?

8/23/04
The week ahead

8/20/04
Black gold goes up, up, up

8/19/04
Google: Off and running

8/18/04
Not so gaga over Google

8/17/04
Where's that election-year bounce?

8/16/04
The week ahead

8/9/04
The Week Ahead

8/6/04
Warning signals

8/5/04
Empty aisles

8/4/04
A July rebound?

8/3/04
Consumers tighten the grip on their wallets

8/2/04
The week ahead

7/30/04
A rough patch

7/29/04
Economic wobbles

7/28/04
Dwindling orders

7/27/04
Half full or half empty?

7/26/04
The week ahead

7/23/04
Tech trouble

7/22/04
Watch out below

7/21/04
Christmas in July

7/20/04
A losing quarter

7/9/04
The week ahead

7/9/04
A silver lining?

7/8/04
A bad day for retailers

7/7/04
All eyes on tech stocks

7/6/04
A look at the year so far

7/5/04
The week ahead

7/2/04
The wrong call on jobs

7/1/04
Measuring the Fed's move

6/30/04
Fed acts as expected

6/29/04
Easy does it

6/21/04
The week ahead

6/18/04
Anxiously awaiting a Fed decision

6/17/04
Inflation: A real worry now

6/16/04
Strong words from former market watchdogs

6/15/04
The biggest bet in Vegas

6/14/04
The week ahead

6/11/04
Outsourcing debate dwindles

6/10/04
Department store shuffle

6/9/04
Finally, a slowdown in healthcare costs

6/8/04
Wall Street bounces back

6/7/04
The week ahead

6/4/04
On a roll: job creation

6/3/04
More inflationary pressure

6/2/04
Rate watch

6/1/04
Lingering layoffs

5/31/04
The week ahead

5/28/04
A drop in confidence

5/27/04
Steady as she goes

5/26/04
Stock market wisdom

5/25/04
Retirement: Too little, too late?

5/22/04
The week ahead

5/21/04
Fedspeak 101

5/20/04
The latest data: Good or bad?

5/19/04
Shopping spree

5/18/04
Weighing down Wall Street

5/14/04
The week ahead

5/13/04
Scary pump prices

5/12/04
Foreign appetites

5/11/04
Wall Street takes a breather

5/8/04
The week ahead

5/7/04
Jobs, jobs, jobs

5/6/04
Oil prices spook Wall Street

5/5/04
Fed signals a slow rise

5/4/04
Patiently waiting for the Fed

5/1/04
The week ahead

4/30/04
Ga-ga over Google

4/29/04
Bad news, be happy

4/24/04
The week ahead

4/22/04
Price pressure

4/21/04
The soothsayer soothes

4/17/04
The week ahead

4/16/04
Not out of the woods just yet

4/15/04
Bracing for trouble

4/14/04
Storm warning

4/13/04
No revelers on retail news

4/10/04
The week ahead

4/9/04
On the rise?

4/8/04
Ring the bell!

4/7/04
Not yet ready for retirement

4/6/04
Behind the job numbers

4/2/04
Jobs, jobs, jobs!

4/1/04
Updating the Dow

3/31/04
Manufacturing malaise

3/30/04
Lost in the outsourcing debate

3/26/04
Are consumers spent out?

3/24/04
A slow, painful descent

3/23/04
Dismal days on Wall Street

3/12/04
Losing faith

3/11/04
Heading for a correction?

3/10/04
No more Big Mo?

3/9/04
Brand-name blues

3/5/04
Big-time boohoo on the job front

3/4/04
No longer a jobless recovery?

3/3/04
Hoping for good things

3/2/04
Layoffs lie low

2/27/04
Stepping on the gas

2/26/04
Dashes of cold water

2/25/04
Arriving late

2/24/04
Household job jitters

2/13/04
Signs of growth

2/12/04
Nothing goofy

2/11/04
Oil slick

2/10/04
Fixing the funds

2/6/04
A few more jobs

2/5/04
Blue skies ahead?

2/4/04
Mixed messages

2/3/04
Lotsa layoffs

1/30/04
Good...but not great

1/29/04
Consider this word game

1/28/04
Staying the course

1/27/04
Winning back trust

1/23/04
A sunny outlook

1/22/04
Not on my watch!

1/21/04
Tech has some winners

1/20/04
One less vote for tech

1/16/04
The Big Mo

1/15/04
No pressure on prices

1/14/04
Prices creep up

1/13/04
Can tech deliver?

1/9/04
What's with the job market?

1/8/04
Bright spots on the job front

1/7/04
Cutting a deal

1/6/04
All eyes on Martha

1/2/04
Can it continue?