Stocks Close Week with Small Gains, But off All-Time Highs
It was a fairly listless week on Wall Street with individual stocks moving on news specifically related to those companies, but not much movement in the market as a whole. Both the Dow Jones industrial...
View ArticleDow Tops 17,000 and S&P 500 Hits Record High in Short Week of Trading
A short week for stocks couldn’t dampen trader’s spirits as both the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 index hit new all-time highs in the week leading up to the Fourth of July. With stock...
View ArticleS&P 500 has Worst Week in Two Years and Dow in Negative Territory for the Year
It only took a couple of days at the end of the week to completely change the recent stock market momentum. On Wednesday it appeared there still might be a chance for the Dow Jones industrial average...
View ArticleWall Street End Week with Best Day Since March, Still Well Below All-Time Highs
It didn’t look like it was going to be a good week for stocks, but a Friday rally which produced the best day for stocks on the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average since March, pulled stocks...
View ArticleWall Street Ends Week Higher on Strong Friday Rally But Still Below All-Time...
It appeared it was going to be another down week for stocks until Friday arrived. The last day of the week produced the best day for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average since March, and it...
View ArticleUkraine Rattles Stocks but Dow Ends Week in Positive Territory for the Year
Last week was tough for US stocks with the Dow Jones industrial average falling enough to place it in negative territory for the year. This week looked better as it managed to get back into positive...
View ArticleS&P 500 Ends Week at Another Record High with Gains for Fifth Week in a Row
It was another good week for stocks with the Standard and Poors 500 (S&P 500) closing at its highest level ever once again. The rise was spurred by a jobs report which came in weaker that most...
View ArticleUS Stocks Fail to Secure Wall Street Gain for Sixth Week in a Row
The winning streak couldn’t last forever, and US stocks finally hit a small speed bump on Friday and closed lower for the first time after five weeks of gains and record highs. The good news is that...
View ArticleStock Market Holiday Schedule 2015
The two best known stock markets in the US are the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. The two together are generally considered “the stock market” when people are discussing stocks in the...
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