Options Trader: Friday Morning Ideas
Phil Davis submits: Wow, these short weeks really mess with your schedule! We have jobs numbers today, but the real deal is earnings season next week. I wont put much stock todays action, therefore, until we see what follow through we have in the next few sessions. 8:30 Update: Hourly earning are up a reasonable 3.9% [ ]
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The New York Stock Exchange To Merge With Archipelago
The New York Stock Exchange says it plans to merge with an electronic stock trading company called Archipelago. The NYSE is the world`s biggest stock exchange and one of the few places where stocks are still bought and sold by traders shouting and gesturing at each other.
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Markets to close for funeral
Will take part in mourning for Ford on Tuesday. NEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange said Friday it will close on Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning to mark the funeral of President Ford. The NYSE joined the Nasdaq Stock Market, which made a similar announcement on Thursday.
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Livedoor Shares Decline on Final Trading Day Before Delisting
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Livedoor Co., the Internet company whose founder Takafumi Horie faces fraud charges, fell in their final day of trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. They will be delisted tomorrow.
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