Falling oil prices are helping to pave the way for a higher start to trading on Wall Street. Also adding to investor optimism: news the number of pending home sales for February rose slightly from the month before. So, at mid-morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 100 points.

Also in tonight's program... We’ll look at car and truck sales for Detroit's big automakers for the month of March. One key gauge to watch: Ford's popular F-150 truck. Industry watchers say those sales could fall off sharply, thanks to higher gasoline prices. And.. if you invest in mutual funds, how did your funds do last quarter? We talk with Morningstar's Christine Benz to recap fund performance in the first quarter. And... you can be owed retirement money and not even know it. A federal agency says 133 million dollars in retirement benefits have been unclaimed... you can find out if you are one of the lucky ones here: www.pbgc.gov/search