Automakers Appear Before Congress for Loan Talks ... Ford Looking to Sell Volvo Unit ... New Zealand Slashes Cash Rate to 5% ... State Street, Adobe Slash Jobs ... Toll Brothers, Sanderson Farms, and Smithfield Foods Report Earnings Today.

Stocks went on a roller coaster ride today with the major indexes climbing, being knocked back down, and then surging to end the session near the highs of the day. DJIA ended the day up almost 200 points.

Stocks finished a volatile day higher on Wednesday, building on the gains from the previous session. A ComScore report saying that online sales on Cyber Monday were second only to those from last December helped boost shares of Amazon.com on Wednesday.

With ETF trading being increasingly one of the best ways for traders to take advantage of downturns in the market, our BattlePan trade this week includes three diverse ETFs with the SPDRS S&P 500 ETF being the most rewarding.

U.S. Stocks Rally on Tuesday After Big Monday Sell-Off ... Asian Stocks Higher ... New Bidder Reported for Yahoo! ... U.S. Automakers Plan Restructuring, Want Billions in Loans ... Del Monte, Aeropostale, Collective Brands Report Earnings Today.

Neither overbought nor oversold, stocks are standing pat for now. So should smart swing traders.

Stocks rallied on Tuesday, one day after a massive sell-off and dramatically oversold conditions. On the earnings front, quarterly losses of up to $2 billion are feared when Goldman Sachs reports earnings next week on December 16.

Stocks staged a nice rally on Tuesday, despite a massive drop in November Auto Sales across the Big Three U.S. auto names. The DJIA closed up 270 points.

Traders looking to pick up "down but not out" shares should begin watching today's trio of stocks, which includes Myriad Genetics Inc. with a Short Term PowerRating of 8.

There was no reason not to expect a significant pullback this week, but the SPX mini meltdown yesterday was an unexpected fear move. Kevin Haggerty gives traders the heads-up on how to play the market into year end.

U.S. Stocks Plunge, S&P 500 Loses Nearly 9% ... Automakers, Unions Consider Wage Negotiations ... Australia Cuts Rates by 100 Basis Points ... Sears, Staples, Beazer Homes USA Report Earnings Today.

With stocks and ETFs poised between overbought and oversold conditions, should rallies continue to be sold?

After days of increasingly overbought markets, the sellers stepped in on Monday with a vengeance, sending the S&P 500 down nearly 8% late in the trading day.

The 5 day stock market bull run was smacked down today on the official proclamation of an economic recession. Stocks had a severe negative reaction to the recession news with the DJIA falling below 600 points.

Today's big movers includes five exchange-traded funds with Short Term PowerRatings of 8 or higher.

Stocks End Holiday-Shortened Week on Winning Streak ... Yahoo! Shoots Down Microsoft Rumors ... Bank of Japan to Hold Emergency Meeting ... Lower Rates Expected from Australia, New Zealand ... Beazer, Toll Report Earnings This Week.