The Dow Jones industrial average punched through another milestone Tuesday: its first close above 15,000. Meanwhile storefronts are empty, restaurants struggle to stay in business, suicide rate up sharply for middle-aged Americans, a pension crisis looms over new Illinois General Assembly, restaurants struggle with high cost of food, major restaurant chains struggle to re-invent business […]
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New Stock Market Milestone: Dow 15,000 — Reality?
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Ask Paul B: Investing Do’s and Do Better’s
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Dear Paul B, I have been an investor for four years now. The market seems to be watching my every move. I cannot explain why the last three stocks that I had rallied an average of 38% within a few weeks/months after selling. I had been patient for years with two of them, yes years!! […]
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Europe Crafts Debt Deal, Markets Pleased
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European leaders have crafted a plan to solve their debt crisis by having banks take bigger losses. Markets were starting on the upside with the news Thursday. The deal is only a temporary fix, and problems will return if economic growth is still missing.
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Ask Paul B: Investment is Common Cents
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Dear Paul B, I am not a financial genius, nor do I comb through the Wall Street Journal each morning to see whats HOT and whats NOT. I have been a beautician my whole life, and watched my Mom and Dad turn their savings into mush. My brother and I had to buy our own […]
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Dow Has Longest Losing Stretch Since July 2004
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The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index have finished their fifth straight week of losses. For the Dow, it’s the longest losing stretch since July 2004. the S&P hasn’t had it this bad since mid-2008. The stock market fell 2.3% during the Memorial Day-shortened week following weaker-than-expected job growth in […]
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Nikkei 225 Index Down 10.6% Tuesday; Toyota, Nissan, Honda Production Down
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Japan’s Nikkei stock index nose-dived nearly 11 percent on Tuesday as the earthquake-shattered country faced an unfolding nuclear crisis after a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant. Other Asian markets tumbled. The Nikkei 225 fell 10.6 percent Tuesday — the greatest percentage loss since 2008’s global financial crisis. Goldman Sachs reports they […]
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Ask Paul B: Stop $ The Self Pity $
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Dear Paul B, I am not one to complain, but this is truly sad. I am 50, and I now work 3 jobs, and I make 30% of what I used to make over 3 years ago. I was a deck holder at the Board of Trade. I filled orders in the 5 Year Notes […]
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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices. The Dow was created by Charles Dow, a nineteenth-century Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder . The Dow is an index that shows how certain select stocks have traded. Charles Dow compiled the index to gauge the performance of the industrial sector of the American stock market. The Dow is the second-oldest U.S. market index, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average, which Dow also created.
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Dow Jones Transportation Average
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The Dow Jones Transportation Average (also called the “Dow Jones Transports” DJTA) is a U.S. stock market index of the transportation sector, and is most widely recognized gauge of the American transportation sector. The Dow Jones Transportation Average is the oldest stock index still in use — older than its well known counterpart, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).
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NASDAQ COMP
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The NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange and is a leading indicator of the performance of stocks of technology companies and growth stocks. The NASDAQ is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States. With thousands of companies — consisting of both U.S. and international companies — the NASDAQ has more trading volume per hour than any other stock exchange in the world.
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PowerShares QQQ — Formerly NASDAQ-100
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The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The NASDAQ-100 is a modified market value-weighted index; the companies weight in the index are based on their market capitalization, with certain rules capping the influence of the largest components.
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