U.S. stocks higher; S&P 500 at best level in nearly 6 years (NEW DOW HIGH, NASDAQ 6 YEAR HIGH)

Marketwatch ^ | 10/26/06 | By Mark Cotton

[RogerWilko]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks were on the rise late in Thursday's session, after a fresh batch of earnings reports led by Exxon Mobil Corp., Dow Chemical, Comcast Corp and others lifted the S&P 500 Index to its best level in about six years. ADVERTISEMENT

With less than an hour of trade left, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, was on track to close at a record for the fourth straight session, while the Nasdaq Composite flirted with six-month highs.

[RogerWilko]

For a new DOW Record and just about 6 year highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, they sure didn't shout too loud, did they?

We wouldn't want anyone to think the economy's doing okay now would we?

[RobFromGa]

Bump for more great economic news!

[jveritas]

Excellent news.

[COEXERJ145]

[rit]

Microsoft posts earnings, revenue that top forecasts. Details soon. per http://money.cnn.com/

[RogerWilko]

Oh by the way... I added the stuff in the parenthesis! That might have made the news look TOO good, if they threw all that in!

[Enchante]

Worst economy in 3500 years!!!!

Women and minorities hardest hit!!!!

Algore says full-scale planetary emergency means that the US economy will cease to exist within 10 years!!!!

[Red Badger]

I'll expect Katie, et al to ballyhoo this all across America tonight.............not!.......

[GOPJ]

The MSM will say, "Dow up, but many Poor". If a dem was President the headline would read, "Dow Up, Prosperity for All"

[Grampa Dave]

Market Watch buried the new Dow high at the bottom of the third paragraph in this article.

In fact I missed it when I read the article after the closes.

[RogerWilko]

I'll expect Katie, et al to ballyhoo this all across America tonight

Can you imagine the headlines if BJ Klintoon were still running the show right now! That's all we'd see for 10 minutes on the evening news!:

"ECONOMY ROARING!! STOCK MARKETS SOAR TO RECORD HEIGHTS!!"

Pictures of people shopping, working, spending money!

Wonder what we'll see tonight... If we watch?

[RobFromGa]

Last Three Months DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS:

[RetiredArmy]

And, 99.9999999999666669699684337487874% of Americans will ignore it and say the country's economy sucks and we are in doom of another depression if socialist democrats are not elected.

[Red Badger]

No, tonight they'll focus on:

Is America's economy overheating? Is the bubble about to burst?.......

[RogerWilko]

The DUmmies have GOT to be panicking and hoping for some small disaster in the next week and a half! Why would any loser want to put DUmmies in charge of the country NOW?

You can't tell me that JUST because Iraq may be a sticky situation, that MOST people would be STUPID enough to hand Congress over to a bunch of clueless DUmmies!

[Cage Rattler]

Nasdaq near its highs? I think not .... you can see the huge underperformance in the chart at http://www.page88.co.za/cr/sp500-dow-nasdaq.shtml

[Fiddlstix]

[evad]

R-O-V-E-----B-U-S-H-----C-H-E-N-E-Y

My 401 thanks you :-)

[GunnyHartman]

[Frank_2001]

LOL!;)