Steve Rothwell

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Gold edges up, gaining for a 12th consecutive year

Steve Rothwell · December 31, 2012 10:11 pm

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Stocks were heading lower Friday, for a fifth day, on concern that Washington lawmakers will fail to reach a budget deal before a year-end deadline. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stocks tumble as ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline nears

Steve Rothwell · December 28, 2012 9:36 pm

Gold edges higher on “fiscal cliff” concerns

Steve Rothwell · December 27, 2012 9:13 pm

Stocks dip with budget deal in doubt at year’s end

Steve Rothwell · December 24, 2012 7:01 pm

Specialist Christopher Culhane works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Stocks opened sharply lower Friday on Wall Street after Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives called off a vote on tax rates and left federal budget talks in disarray 10 days before sweeping tax increases and government spending cuts take effect. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks sink after Republicans cancel budget vote

Steve Rothwell · December 21, 2012 9:49 pm

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange is framed by the NYSE holiday tree, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Shares in the company that runs the New York Stock Exchange are surging amid reports that it is in talks to sell itself to a rival stock exchange, Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

For the New York Stock Exchange, a sell order

Steve Rothwell · December 20, 2012 9:53 pm

In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, photo, trader Robert Vella, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks edged higher on Wall Street amid optimism that the lawmakers in Washington are closing in on a budget deal that will stop the U.S. going over the âfiscal cliff.â (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks gain on optimism that budget deal is near

Steve Rothwell · December 18, 2012 3:50 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, file photo, trader Anthony Riccio works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will announce a new stimulus plan to help bring life to a lethargic U.S. economy boosted stock markets in Asia, where investors brushed off North Korea's latest test launch of a long-range rocket. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks edge higher as Fed ends two-day meeting

Steve Rothwell · December 12, 2012 5:13 pm

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Stocks opened higher Tuesday ahead of a meeting of the Federal Reserve and possible additional steps to bolster the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks gain on budget talk optimism, Fed stimulus

Steve Rothwell · December 11, 2012 10:18 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, after the surprise resignation of Italy's prime minister sent a jolt through European markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stocks edge higher; Dow boosted by McDonald’s

Steve Rothwell · December 10, 2012 9:35 pm

In this Aug, 2008 photo released by Charles Schwab Corp., Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist for Charles Schwab Corp., is shown. The bursting of the housing market bubble five years ago was the catalyst for the great recession. Sonders believes that in 2012 housing is recovering to such an extent that it will be one of the key drivers of the economy in 2013 and could add as much as 1 percentage point to growth. (AP Photo/Charles Schwab Corp.,Stuart Schwartz)

Charles Schwab: Housing recovery to boost economy

Steve Rothwell · December 6, 2012 11:04 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World stock markets meandered Tuesday, Dec. 4, as traders weighed a surprise drop in U.S. factory production against hopes that the U.S. will avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Stocks little changed as budget talks continue

Steve Rothwell · December 4, 2012 9:21 pm