It's 15,000 and beyond for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) this year as stocks have surged.
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May 5 - News
The Panic of 1893 reached its frenzied apex on May 5, 1893.
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May 5 - News
After receiving news of lower-than-expected jobless claims, higher-than-expected job growth, and interest-rate cuts by the European Central Bank to 0.5%, the U.S.
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May 4 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) broke past 11,000 points for the first time in its history on May 3, 1999, closing at 11,014,69 points.
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May 4 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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May 4 - News
First-quarter earnings season for the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is just about over, with just a few stragglers left to report in the...
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May 4 - News
We also love the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI).
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May 3 - News
It took a lot longer than many pundits predicted, but we finally hit that ballyhooed mark: Dow 15,000.
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May 3 - News
For years, the unemployment picture has held back optimism about the economy's recovery.
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May 3 - News
The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a decent employment report for the month of April: The economy added 165,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dipped to 7.5%.
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May 3 - News
For years, central banks have been the key to success in the stock market, and today's 127-point rise in the Dow Jones Industrials (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) owes much to the European...
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May 3 - News
European markets inched slightly higher this morning as anxiety about global growth prospects was balanced by investors' confidence following yesterday's European Central Bank...
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May 3 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) plunged nearly 3% on May 2, 1930, the day after President Herbert Hoover stridently assured the public that the worst...
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May 2 - News
On April 29, 1952, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) IBM president (and soon-to-be CEO) Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
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May 2 - News
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) took its first steps toward pharmaceutical dominance on April 30, 1953, when it merged with Sharp & Dohme, a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
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May 1 - News
The stock market finished out April on a strong note, with the S&P rising to a new all-time record high on optimism that earnings season is going well and that the economic recovery...
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May 1 - News
Whenever the Federal Reserve meets to discuss monetary policy, the stock market holds its breath as it tries to figure out whether the end to the central bank's massive interventions...
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May 1 - News
Blue-chip stocks are holding onto record highs this afternoon after new data showed that home prices are growing at the fastest rate in nearly seven years.
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May 1 - News
U.S. stocks recorded another day of gains -- that's now seven up days over the past eight sessions -- as the and the rose 0.25% and 0.14%.
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May 1 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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April 30 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is unchanged following a worse-than-expected earnings release from Pfizer Inc.
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April 30 - News
As the Fed begins its two-day meeting this morning, investors can only sit and wait until the proceedings are over and we get to hear what they discussed from Ben Bernanke later...
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April 30 - News
Tomorrow, Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 30 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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April 30 - News
It's another fantastic start to the week for the markets, and the major stock indexes are hitting all the right notes for investors.
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April 29 - News
When economic news is mixed, quarterly results often make the difference for the stock market during earnings season.
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April 29 - News
Over the past few years, investors looking to capitalize on the housing recovery poured into shares of homebuilder sticks from Hovnanian to Lennar, and into the two retailers ...
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April 29 - News
Many investors rely on dividends for the income they need from their portfolios.
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April 29 - News
I predicted that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) would close higher on the week.
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April 28 - News
Every year as spring reaches full bloom, investors start hearing about how selling in May can be a better move than simply staying invested throughout the year.
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April 28 - News
It was a week without a definitive direction on Wall Street, but at the end of the day, stocks continued to move higher.
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April 28 - News
This morning's news that the U.S.
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April 26 - News
Another day of gains for U.S. stocks, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.4% and 0.2%.
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April 26 - News
It's been a good week so far for U.S. stocks, but they opened lower today, with the S&P 500 down 0.10% at 10:10 a.m. EDT.
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April 26 - News
The New York Stock Exchange -- the larger part of NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) -- moved into its present home on 18 Broad Street (on the corner of Broad and Wall Street) on April ...
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April 25 - News
Blue-chip stocks are broadly higher today after government statistics showed that the unemployment situation is improving faster than expected.
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April 25 - News
After the impressive performance of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s stock last year -- it was the top-performing component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX...
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April 25 - News
First came the brick, then the flip -- phone, that is.
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April 25 - News
On another relatively light day on the news front, earnings dominated the discussion for stock market investors this morning.
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April 25 - News
After treading water yesterday, U.S.
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April 25 - News
While its two peer indexes finished the day essentially unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.3% as AT&T Inc.
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April 25 - News
On Thursday, 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 24 - News
On the day after Apple Inc.
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April 24 - News
Three of the longest-serving components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI), past and present, experienced major milestones in their corporate lives on April 24...
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April 24 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded yesterday in a big way, thanks to strong earnings reports from its components. Today, the Dow is down slightly for the same reason.
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April 24 - News
It appears that yesterday's rebound wasn't enough for investors to shake Monday's jitters, as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:GSPC) and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial...
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April 23 - News
Unexpectedly favorable news from a number of fronts helped push the stock market broadly higher this morning.
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April 23 - News
Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is regaining some of the ground it lost last week. As of 12:50 p.m.
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April 23 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is rallying thanks to multiple positive earnings releases and better-than-expected new-home sales. As of 1:25 p.m.
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April 23 - News
On Wednesday, The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 23 - News