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It’s been a wild year in the markets. Between August and November, the Dow Jones (INDEX: ^DJI  ) swung by an average of 269 points a day! That’s an incredible…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The broad S&P 500 endured wild daily swings, but a year of drama left the index on Friday pretty much where it started.
For Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI – News) was down 70.99 points, or 0.58…

 
The post-Christmas, early January period is bullish for the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM (:DJI) about 50% of the time from 1975 through 2008 and it’s uncertain if the market is setting the stage for a third consecutive bullish run (2009 was up 0…

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall
Street for the last session of the year on Friday, with futures
for the S&P 500 (SNP: ^GSPC – news) down 0.06 percent, Dow Jones (DJI: ^DJI – news)
futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq …

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By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, moving the S&P 500 back in positive territory for 2011 ahead of the last trading day of the year, on more positive signals on the U.S. economy.
The S&a…

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You know it’s a dire day when the National Bank of Greece (NBG) far outperforms major averages. The stock started yesterday at $2.01 a share and ended at $2.01 a share, nothing stellar to be sure but when Dow Industrials (^DJI) were dropping b…

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a steady open on Wall
Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 (SNP: ^GSPC – news) flat,
Dow Jones (DJI: ^DJI – news) futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 (Nasdaq: ^NDX – news)
futures up 0.1 pe…

[unable to retrieve full-text content]After 12 troublesome months, the major U.S. indexes seem primed to end 2011 on a high note. Is this the beginning of another mini bull market or a good opportunity to get out of stocks?

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It was a tough day for stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI  ) falling 1.1%. But some names were crushed more than others. These three g…

Yesterday proved to be the calm before the storm, as stocks fell sharply on renewed concerns about Europe and the viability of the euro. Just after 2 p.m. EST, th…

By Walter Brandimarte
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell about 1 percent on Wednesday on concerns about the economy in early 2012 while the euro hit a fresh 11-month low against the dollar before a key auction of long-dated Italian debt on …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 erased its gains for the year on Wednesday as Wall Street reversed some of its recent year-end rally, with many investors expressing concern about the outlook for early 2012.
The Dow Jones industrial a…

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Net on the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average(I:DJI) returned 6.2%, the S&P 500(SPX) returned 0.6%, and the Nasdaq(COMPX) closed negative 1.0%. Relative to the broader indices, …

LONDON (Reuters) – The top share index looked set for a dull return after the Christmas break with the FTSE 100 seen opening down 1-2 points on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, stalling after a pre-holiday rally in tandem with weakness on…