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European and U.S. stock markets took a breather Tuesday after a big rally in the previous session had pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year.
Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that's carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.
The Dow Jones industrial average stormed to its highest level in more than a year Monday as a falling dollar boosted prices for commodities including gold and oil. Stocks also jumped as investors grew more confident that governments around the world will keep interest rates low to help the global economy. Energy and materials stocks led the market.
Stocks ended higher but well off their best levels of the day as volatility continued to tug at the market. Stocks jumped early Monday after strong reports on manufacturing and housing but were fluctuating by the afternoon. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 77 points after being up as much as 146 points. The market has been volatile in recent days as investors try to determine whether the bets they've been placing on a rebound in the economy over the past several months are still sound.
Investors dumped stocks and locked in profits Friday after the glow of a week full of strong earnings reports faded. The retreat came as cautious forecasts from railroads caused unease about the economy and a rising dollar pushed prices of commodities lower, which hurt materials and energy stocks. Traders appeared eager to collect gains after stock indexes rose more than 6 percent in the three weeks leading into Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year as investors bet the economy is indeed recovering from the financial crisis and recession.
Stocks ended a strong week with a flash of selling after Bank of America Corp. and General Electric Co. signaled that businesses and consumers are still struggling to pay off their debts. Stocks slid Friday as results from the companies dented hopes that earnings would show strong signs of improvement in the July-September period. A rise in oil also helped the market end well off its lows, following a similar pattern from earlier in the week.
The stock market is pointing to a higher open as investors await companies' earnings reports for clues about consumers' mood and the economy's health.
A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over eight days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22 percent, and stood at 8,451.
Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest healthcare company and a Dow Jones industrial average component, reports earnings for the third quarter Tuesday morning. Here's a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
European stock markets rose modestly Friday after another strong finish on Wall Street, with more U.S. earnings reports expected to drive market sentiment later in the day.
The stock market is keeping its momentum going, giving shares their best week in more than two months. Moderate gains on Friday led by health care and utility companies pushed stocks to their best weekly performance since July after two down weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest level in a year.
Investors retreated further from stocks Friday as the pile of disappointing economic reports grew larger.
Dow Jones & Co. will stop publishing the Far Eastern Economic Review in December.
Stock futures pointed to a modestly higher open Friday as investors try to shake a two-day losing streak.
Investors were encouraged by the Federal Reserve's improved assessment of the economy Wednesday, but not enough to propel the Dow Jones industrial average past 10,000. Stocks closed lower as a brief rally followed the Fed's economic statement but then faded. The Dow came within 82 points of crossing 10,000 for the first time since October, but ended the day with a loss of 81.
How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman's fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility before kicking into a big rally starting this spring. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow:
How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman's fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility before kicking into a big rally starting this spring. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow:
Rising commodities prices and stirrings of corporate takeovers are making investors more optimistic about the economy. Stocks gained for the third straight day Tuesday as gold topped $1,000 an ounce for the first time since February and oil jumped more than $3 a barrel. The rising prices helped lift material and energy stocks. A takeover bid from Kraft Foods Inc. for rival Cadbury PLC — even though Cadbury rejected it — combined with a big phone deal in England lifted hopes that takeover activity could be picking up.
How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman's fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility before kicking into a big rally starting this spring. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow:
After giving the stock market a big gain during August, investors still worried about the economy backtracked the final day of the month. Stocks fell in light trading Monday after a 6.7 percent plunge in China's main stock market sent a wave of selling around the world and added to concerns that stocks have rocketed too high, too fast since hitting 12-year lows in March. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 50.9 percent in that time, the best six-month run since 1938.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average could get a new name.
The stock market's rally plodded along Thursday, sustained by gains in financial and industrial shares.
A judge in New York City has ruled that a discrimination lawsuit brought against Dow Jones & Co. by a former assistant managing editor at The Wall Street Journal can go to trial.
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Now, while you clean the soy chai latte off of your screen, allow me to justify my theory.
Berkowitz Dumps American Express - Holdings Reduced 73% The newest Oracle dumps a large percentage of AXP. What's that say?
Hold Onto Your Handbag, HoneyHold onto your handbag, Honey- the stock market looks like it's gonna take us for a ride. Fluctuations are one thing; you can expect those. Wild gyrations say something was not accounted for. And just limping along shows absolutely no direction.
Check The Charts Just out of curiosity, I like to check the charts on the Stock Market - Stock Market Milestones. When did it first hit 100? 200? And on and on. How long did it take to reach the next Milestone?, and things like that.
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The list: Journalists who wrote political checksThe list of journalists making campaign donations, and their explanations.
Even Worse Than the Great Depression at SmartMoney.comOver the last couple years I loved to ridicule all the scaremongers who always said this, that or the other thing is "the worst since the Great Depression." I stand by my ridicule, for the most part -- those prophets of doom were mostly broken clocks who look right now just b …
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Obama's Radicalism Is Killing the DowBarack Obama Is Moving Us Toward a European-Style Social Welfare State and Long-Run Economic Stagnation
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Every investor knows the Dow Jones Average and every media outlet – print , radio and television announces the daily outcome of the market in terms of where the Dow finished.
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White Powder Sent to Dow Jones, WSJ Harmless: NYPD White powder in about a dozen envelopes sent to Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones executives turned out to be harmless, the New York Police Department said on Wednesday.
U.S. Stocks Slide in Dow Average's Worst Inauguration Day DropU.S. stocks sank, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst Inauguration Day decline, as speculation banks must raise more capital sent financial shares to an almost 14-year low.
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Amex Misses Major Vendor PaymentNot a good sign when you've just borrowed $3.52 BILLION in taxpayer funds to become a Bank Holding Company... in addition to hiking the interest rates of existing cardmembers and slashed credit lines of thousands of small business owners.
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