It's too early to tell if today's nice jump for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) will prove to be another example of the bull market's resilience or just a small...
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April 17 - News
After its worst day of the year yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) bounced back today as investors saw buying opportunities and responded to a strong ...
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April 17 - News
The last 12 months have not been kind to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).
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April 16 - News
On Thursday, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 16 - News
The two to focus on are the housing numbers. February's rate of housing starts was revised upward from 917,000 to 968,000.
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April 16 - News
The horrific bombing yesterday in Boston shocked people nationwide and sent investors from the market as they tried to figure out what happened and whether there was more in store...
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April 16 - News
Yesterday's combination of horrible news, including the tragic explosion in Boston and troubling concerns on the economic front, left investors shaken.
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April 16 - News
The era of personal computing didn't really begin when IBM launched the PC in 1981.
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April 16 - News
Remember Nasdaq 5,000? How about Nasdaq 500? The famed tech-heavy index reached 500 points for the first time on April 12, 1991, two decades after it was created.
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April 16 - News
After suffering their worst single-day decline since Nov.
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April 16 - News
Stocks and commodities were getting crushed today after China reported a worse-than-expected first-quarter GDP.
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April 16 - News
Both blue-chip stocks and gold are lower today on the heels of worse-than-expected economic figures both at home and abroad.
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April 15 - News
This morning, news that China's economic growth is slowing more than expected is raising a lot of concern on Wall Street. As of 12:45 p.m.
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April 15 - News
Thomas Edison's enduring legacy is that of a tireless inventor, but he also happened to be a strong businessman in his own right.
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April 15 - News
Lately, the stock market has captured the lion's share of investors' attention, especially as it climbed to successive all-time record highs.
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April 15 - News
Picking the best value between two similar-seeming stocks can sometimes be tricky -- but not always.
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April 15 - News
Earnings season is in full swing, and a full third of the companies on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to report last quarter's data this week.
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April 15 - News
The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) just recorded their best weekly performances of the year.
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April 15 - News
Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) took investors on quite the ride this week, but even though they plummeted more than 4.42% in just one day, they still managed to...
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April 15 - News
I predicted that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) would close higher on the week.
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April 14 - News
James Cash Penney opened his first store, one of a chain known as "the Golden Rule," in Kemmerer, Wyo., on April 13, 1902.
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April 14 - News
The "Dogs of the Dow" is the name of one of the simplest dividend strategies for beating the market.
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April 14 - News
On April 14, 2000, all but the most hopeless optimists probably sensed that the era of endless dot-com gains was finally over.
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April 14 - News
Three of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI)'s most closely watched bellwethers enjoyed key victories over longtime foes on April 14, 1992, clearing the way for ...
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April 14 - News
For those seeking the biggest, most stable stocks in the market, the Dow Jones Industrials includes the leaders of many different industries.
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April 14 - News
This week officially kicked off earnings season, after Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) released its reports following the closing bell on Monday.
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April 14 - News
For the second time this year, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) slashed its forecasts for gold prices for both 2013 and 2014, adding to the pressure on gold prices lately.
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April 14 - News
Earnings season got under way this week, and investors are still seeing bullish signs in the tea leaves.
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April 13 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) includes stocks from a number of different industries, including health care, financials, energy, tech, and consumer ...
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April 13 - News
All 30 of the current components pay a dividend today, ranging from Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)' modest 0.3% yield (with a bullet, now that regulators have finally given the...
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April 12 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) has been on a tear this year.
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April 12 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is down following the release of a disappointing retail sales report. As of 1:15 p.m.
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April 12 - News
This morning the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary reading on consumer confidence was released, and it indicated that the average American is becoming gloomier...
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April 12 - News
Earnings season has begun, and next Tuesday The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 12 - News
It's been a bumpy ride for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) this morning, which is down 57 points at 11 a.m. EDT.
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April 12 - News
When consumers blink, investors get nervous.
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April 12 - News
Candles, soap, and a bit of serendipity led to the creation of one of the world's most successful business partnerships: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG).
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April 12 - News
Investors follow the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) because it fairly represents a reasonable microcosm of the U.S.
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April 12 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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April 12 - News
Thanks to a few top stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to once again set a new all-time closing high at 14,865.
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April 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrials set a record high for the third day in a row, rising 63 points, as bullish investors start looking at the possibility of Dow 15,000 as the milestone...
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April 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is having a fine day today, rising 76 points as of 1:45 p.m. EDT on a cheerful unemployment report.
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April 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is making a good showing today, yet Dow tech stocks are getting hammered after it was reported that PC sales were far worse in...
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April 11 - News
This morning the Department of Labor released its weekly jobless-claims report, and the numbers were better than analysts had expected.
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April 11 - News
After huge gains yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:DJI) is on the move once again. The index is up 67 points as of 11:35 a.m.
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April 11 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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April 11 - News
The reason why so many people follow the Dow Jones Industrial Average is that it spans nearly the entire breadth of the market.
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April 11 - News
New record highs for the stock market have turned into a regular occurrence, so today's advance into uncharted territory isn't drawing nearly as much attention from investors ...
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April 11 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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April 11 - News
Only four of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 30 components ended the trading session in the red today, as the blue-chip index rose more than 128 points.
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April 11 - News
