Banks

It appears Macquarie Group has avoided disaster and ridden out the storm. But can it go back to making good money?

Positive earnings, a successful bond auction and a commodity rebound provided a reverse of the last few days, resulting in a late sell-off. Dow up 83.

The Dow and S&P failed to mark an eighth day of rally as the market took a breather. Dow down 34.

Wall Street posted its seventh consecutive session of gains last night. Dow up 67.

The S&P and Dow joined the Nasdaq on new highs last night, setting up for the same in the ASX 200 today. Dow up 104.

Mixed earnings made for a mixed performance over most of the day, but some thin volume late buying ensured a positive close on the Dow.

Serial bank bear RBS believes regional banks may now have seen the worst of margin compression, resulting in an upgrade for Bank of Queensland.

It was a flat market on Wall Street last night until suddenly an uber-bear surrendered his claws. Or did he? Dow up 95.

Positive earnings reports and a jump in metals prices kept Wall Street above water after yesterday’s surge. Dow up 27.

An analyst upgrade on Goldman Sachs sparked a low volume snap-back rally last night. Dow up 185.