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08 Feb 2012
…place that would help it curb its debt problems. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 5.75 points to 12,883.95. The S&P 500 Index rose 2.91 points to 1,349.96. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 11.78 points to 2,915.86. Read more: MarketWatch ...
Stocks Close Up on Greece News
07 Feb 2012
…economy, there are still signs that they're allocating money cautiously. The utilities sector was the best performer in the S&P 500, indicating that investors are still hanging on to stocks they consider to be relatively safe. The yield on the benchmark… ...
06 Feb 2012
…Average fell 17.10 points, or 0.1 percent, to 12,845.13 after ending at its highest since May 2008 on Friday. The S&P 500 dropped 0.6 point, or 0.04 percent, to 1,344.33. The Nasdaq Composite lost 3.67 points, or 0.1 percent, to… ...
Slow Talks in Greece Drag Down Stocks
06 Feb 2012
…monthly average since 2000. On April 29, for instance, the S&P 500 hit its peak for the year after an even calmer period, then…
…Humana dropped 5.8 percent, the biggest loss in the S&P 500 index. The health insurance company reported revenue that fell…
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05 Feb 2012
…highest since December 2000, while the S&P 500 Index rose 2.2 percent on the week…
…now on five-week winning streaks. The S&P 500 posted its best start of the year since…
…some weak spots. Of the more than 270 S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings…
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US Stocks Close at Multi-Year Highs
03 Feb 2012
…highest level since December 2000.The Nasdaq is off to its best start to the year since 1991, up 12 percent. All 10 of the S&P 500's sectors rose Friday, with financials and consumer-discretionary stocks leading the way. Among blue chips, Bank of America… ...
Super Bowl 2012 already breaking…
03 Feb 2012
…ads worth it? From a stock market perspective, the answer is yes. Super Bowl advertisers from 1996 to 2010 outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 1% on average in the week before and after the game, according to a study by the University of Wisconsin-Eau… ...
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.3 Percent
03 Feb 2012
…stocks jumped on the data, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average advancing 106.07 points to 12,811.48 at the open. The S&P 500 Index rose 11.97 points to 1,337.64, while the Nasdaq Composite added 27.81 points to 2,887.49. The Labor Department… ...
MF Global: Missing money traced…
02 Feb 2012
…Stockman told lawmakers. Rep. Fitzpatrick confronted Stockman with internal notes the committee had obtained from Standard and Poor’s, the investment ratings agency, which assessed for the public the relative risks of investing in MF Global. The notes… ...
Overseas Stocks Rise in Early Trading
01 Feb 2012
…session loss streak for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, lifted by Chinese and European data and an expansion in domestic…
…back in the final minutes after gaining nearly 152 points. The S&P 500 Index added 11.68 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,324…
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01 Feb 2012
…Jones Industrial Average gained 83.55 points, or 0.7 percent, to 12,716.46, its first gain in five sessions. The S&P 500 rose 11.68 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,324.09, also breaking a four-day loss streak. The Nasdaq Composite gained… ...
Stocks Dip, Best Jan. Since Late '90s
31 Jan 2012
…Standard & Poor's 500 was down three at 1,310. The Nasdaq composite index was down six at 2,805. For the month, the S&P 500 is up 4.1 percent. That would be its best performance to start a year since a 4.1 percent gain in January 1999. Last year… ...
30 Jan 2012
…extended Greek debt talks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 6.74 points, or 0.1 percent, to 12,653.72. The S&P 500 fell 3.32 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 1,313.01, led by a one percent loss in financials. After falling 34… ...
Mixed Opening For Asian Markets
26 Jan 2012
…to market expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 22.33 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,734.63. The S&P 500 lost 7.63 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,318.43. The Nasdaq Composite retreated 13.03 points, or 0.5 percent… ...
Dow Closes Lower After Morning Rally
26 Jan 2012
…analysts' expectations. The Dow is up 26 points, or 0.2 percent, at 12,782 shortly before noon. That's less than 30 points below its post-crisis closing high. The S&P 500 is down three at 1,323. The Nasdaq is down six at 2,812. ...
25 Jan 2012
…the Nasdaq Composite higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 83.10 points, or 0.7 percent, to 12,758.85. The S&P 500 gained 11.41 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,326.06. The index has closed higher in 13 of 16 trading sessions this year… ...
Australian, Japanese Shares Open Higher
23 Jan 2012
…Australia. Earlier, US stocks slipped Monday -- though the S&P 500 eked out its fifth day of gains -- as negotiations between…
…points. The Nasdaq Composite lost 0.1 percent, while the S&P 500 reclaimed gains in the last hour of trading, closing up 0…
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Stocks Mixed As Greece Works On Debt
23 Jan 2012
The S&P 500 index eked out a tiny gain Monday while traders kept an eye on talks in Europe to cut Greece's crushing debt load and prevent a global financial crisis. Other indexes ended slightly lower. ...
Why Romney may be no better for…
23 Jan 2012
…are watching their retirement accounts wither, even as corporate profits and executive bonuses soar. In February 1998, the S&P 500 first closed above 1,000. Since then, corporate profits are up more than 240 percent, while stocks have risen 31 percent… ...
US Stocks Poised For Positive January
21 Jan 2012
…barometer devised by the Stock Trader's Almanac, which found the S&P 500's performance during the month to be a reasonably decent predictor…
…with a ton more earnings to go next week," Smith said. The S&P 500 Index added nearly one point, or less than 0.1 percent…
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Mark Ockerbloom sat down with David Smith, the Chief Investment Officer of Rockland Trust, to speak about Wednesday's volatile day in financial markets.
“…to hold on to a one point 8% gain. For the year S&P 500 NASDAQ they're both companies are now get a break the all now that is David as chief investment officer of Rockland trust …”
NEW YORK - Back to reality and back down, Wall Street focused on the bleak landscape ahead for the economy Wednesday and wiped out its big gains from a day earlier — and then some.
“…for the selloff first new concerns over the European debt cry recently Standard and Poor's downgraded. The US credit rating to -- could be neck and that would not be good. For the global economy all oil …”
Investors big and small need smelling salts to clear their heads after what happened Monday. A 634-plus point plunge dropped the Dow below the 11,000 mark.
“…out today. And all thirty outlines -- 500 companies in the S&P 500. . Closed with a lot really let us hear and wide spread the led them on. When the market goes but I'm gonna …”
S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie
WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt.
“…market are already looking at this morning following news that Standard and Poor's has downgraded the US credit rating. -- not have opened down with Hong Kong share falling nearly three. Market trillion South Korea …”
We are all sitting and waiting to see if the debt debate in Washington will be resolved in time, and while we may have an agreement between the administration and congressional leaders, that doesn't mean that the ranks and file will go along quietly. Associate Professor and Chairman of the ...
“…probably weren't going to downgrade these. The US on the other hand. Standard and Poor's is that they may be doing in and it might be inevitable. I think a lot of what's going to happen is …”
The stock market has been heading south this week. There have been some pretty sizable losses. So is this a bump in the road or start of another troubling trend?
“…really have any doubt I -- twenty ninth. In the march. And S&P 500 which -- battery and a look at at 500 stock opposed to thirty the S&P 534. Per. And -- that we in. …”
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