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  • Dow S and P set record highs log 4-week winning streak

    Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): U.S. stocks bounced back on Friday to end the week for a fourth straight gain, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S and P 500 closing at all-time highs. The blue-chip Dow surged 121.18 points, or 0.80 percent, to 15, 354.40 points. The broader S and P 500 soared 15.65 points, or 0.95 percent, to 1,666.12 points. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite leapt 33.73 ...

  • The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

    A few months ago, word spread that the twins, Cameron and Tyler, had set up their own investment firm and decided to focus on a curious market niche: ...

  • U.S. stocks higher ahead of data Dow Jones up 0.15

    Investing.com - U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, as investors awaited the release of U.S. economic data later in the day, although earlier comments by a regional Federal Reserve chairman added to expectations for a near-term end to the U.S. central bank's asset buying program. During early U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.15%, the S&P 500 index rose ...

  • US close Benchmarks set new records after economic data

    Sat 18 May 2013 LONDON (SHARECAST) - - Benchmarks register fourth weekly gain - S&P and Dow at all-time highs - Uni of Michigan index and Leading Indicators beat forecasts Dow Jones: 0.79% Nasdaq: 0.97% S&P 500: 1.0% Stocks continued to set new highs on Friday with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 benchmarks reaching fresh record closing prices after sentiment was lifted ...

  • NYSE cancels irregular trades in Anadarko stock Bloomberg

    Trading in the shares of the $45.15 billion company plunged to trade at 1 cent per share shortly before markets closed on Friday. The stock gained back its losses and closed up 2.5 pct $90.03 on the New York Stock ...


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  • Tableau Debuts as DATA on NYSE

    Tableau Software Inc., a Seattle provider of business analytics software, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DATA after its initial public offering. The company's stock opened at $47, up 52 percent from the $31 offer price. GETCO Securities is the designated market maker for Tableau's stock. Tableau CEO and co-founder Christian ...

  • You Can Get 100 of the Markets Gains at Only 40 of the Cost

    stock market averages move higher. Since 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained an average of 7.45% a year. In any given year, the return can be dramatically different than the average. The largest annual gain in the Dow was 82% in 1915 and the largest loss was 53% in 1931. Over two-year periods, we see the same pattern. The average gain over a two-year period is 14.91%, twice the ...

  • US STOCKS-Dow SP end at records stocks mark 4th week of gains

    * JPMorgan lifts S&P 500 year-end target to 1,715 * Nasdaq closes at highest since October 2000 * JCPenney shares drop after earnings * Tableau Software surges in first day of trade * Dow up 0.8 percent, S&P 500 up 1 percent, Nasdaq up 1 percent ...

  • US stocks blaze to new record highs

    US stocks closed out another week of new record highs on Friday as investors focused on the positive side of mixed economic news and corporate earnings. Retail sales barely budged higher in April and jobless claims rose, but permits to build housing soared and consumer inflation remained tame, data showed. A pair of better-than-expected reports on Friday - on consumer confidence and the economic ...

  • US stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy market rises for a fourth week straight

    NEW YORK, N.Y. - Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally. U.S. stock indexes rose for the fourth week in a row and are at record levels. A gauge of future economic activity rose more than analysts had expected, as did a measure of consumer confidence. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 121 points to close at 15,354 Friday, an increase of 0.8 per ...

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