Investors adopted a cautious strategy today, cashing in more profits from the market’s recent rallies and giving the market’s major indexes their biggest losses in a month.

Sluggish retail sales gave investors more incentive to cash in profits from Wall Street’s recent rally today and send stocks lower for a second consecutive session.

Stocks tumbled today, pulling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 170 points, after France said it was prepared to vote against the UN resolution on Iraq.

Investors’ anticipation of a tax cut reignited the New Year’s rally on Wall Street today, sending stocks higher and lifting the Dow Jones industrials more than 170 points.

Wall Street barrelled higher yesterday lifting the Dow Jones industrials more than 250 points, as investors celebrated a string of positive economic data.

Wall Street barrelled higher today lifting the Dow Jones industrials more than 250 points, as investors celebrated a string of positive economic data.

Wall Street tried to extend its huge rally today but failed amid concerns about a slump in the semiconductor industry. Another accounting investigation, this time at AOL Time Warner, also reminded investors of their misgivings about corporate ethics.