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Last week saw a potential top in commodities prices, as both oil and gold prices seem to have stalled out from their upward march in 2008.

That should have spelled relief for the stock market, which has been down by 13% in 2008, as measured by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Yet, it didn’t. The week saw the Down finish lower by 0.63%, while the Standard & Poors 500 index rose by a meager 0.15%.

The market may be waiting until after Labor Day, where it can have another two weeks to be certain that commodity prices have topped out.

In the meantime, Americans will be back from their summer...

Wall Street tumbled for a second session Wednesday after a government report on retail sales and a jump in oil prices raised investors' concerns about consumers ability to spend and feed economic growth.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 150 points, bringing its two-day decline to more than 300.

Stocks extended their rally to a second day Wednesday after an upbeat employment report from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously optimistic about the government's upcoming July employment report.

Oil prices fell again, adding to Wall Street's upbeat mood, and the Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points.

Stocks extended their rally to a second day Wednesday after an upbeat employment report from payroll company ADP made investors cautiously optimistic about the government's upcoming July employment report.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 100 points.

Amidst the carnage that is Wall Street this year (the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 20% since last October, classifying the stock market as being in official “bear” territory), there are glimmers of good news, and a good portion of it is coming from the tech sector.

The latest manifestation of that is with the latest numbers from the personal computer market, which is performing better than expected.

I would say “much better than expected”.

The year is nearly halfway over, and Wall Street appears to be on even shakier ground than when it began 2008.

And this shortened week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday is unlikely to bring the market enough proof that the economic climate is improving.

The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 14 percent for the year and has given up all the gains it made since September 2006.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday as a troubling reading on wholesale inflation underscored the drag of high energy prices on the economy.

Investors, also growing anxious again about banks' credit woes, sent the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 100 points.

Stocks fell Friday but pulled off their lows as investors digested a plan to alleviate a liquidity crisis at Bear Stearns Cos. that has touched off concerns about the severity of credit troubles.

Each of the major indexes lost more than 1 percent; the Dow Jones industrial average gave up about 150 points.

Stocks pulled back early Thursday as investors grappled with further declines in the dollar, a spike in oil and gold prices and as the investment fund Carlyle Capital appeared close to collapse.

The major indexes each lost more than 1 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling nearly 200 points.

Stocks tumbled Thursday as investors recoiled at a further decline in the dollar, spikes in gold and oil prices and a warning that a Carlyle Group fund is near collapse.

The major indexes each lost more than 1 percent; the Dow Jones industrial average at times fell more than 200 points.