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Both the Dow and S&P 500 closed at new record highs on Friday, as the stock market finished its third consecutive week of gains. Despite the lack of new economic data or corporate earnings reports...

Although it failed to close at another record high on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a new intraday record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average extended its residence in the...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average set another record on Wednesday, closing above 15,000 for the second consecutive day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had an opportunity to get comfortably...

On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finally closed above 15,000 for the first time as the S&P 500 continued to set new records.After several days of anticipation, the Dow Jones Industrial...

Monday gave the Nasdaq Composite the opportunity to join the S&P 500 in setting a new record high. The Nasdaq Composite index hit at 12-year record high of 3,396.21 during intraday trading, thanks...

Major U.S. stock indexes put on a fireworks display with the Dow Jones Industrial Average trying for 15,000 and the S&P 500 closing above 1600.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) saw its first...

April generated some wide differences in performance between hot and cold ETFsNewton’s First Law Of Motion suggests that an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an...

Friday brought the Dow’s moment to join the S&P 500 in setting new record highs after the non-farm payrolls report beat expectations.The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor...

S&P 500 reaches a record high after initial unemployment claims drop to their lowest level since 2008.The Department of Labor’s weekly report on initial unemployment claims for the week...

April’s ADP Employment Report and the March Construction Spending Report headlined the bad news which stung the stock market on Wednesday.Wednesday’s batch of downbeat economic reports...

April’s Consumer Confidence Index and the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for February sent the S&P 500 to a new record-high closing level.For the second consecutive day, economic news brought...

Better-than-expected readings on personal spending and pending home sales during March sent the S&P 500 to a new record-high closing level. Instead of rallying in spite of economic news, the...

U.S. stock market indexes remain mired below recent highs as fundamental and technical headwinds grow.The U.S. stock market and its major indexes had a good week, however, macro economic data...

A sea change is underway for Apple Computer and the tech sector and major dangers and opportunities will unfold as this tidal wave rolls ashore.Long before Apple Computer (AAPL) became the most...

A weaker-than-expected expansion of first quarter GDP hit the bulls with the effect of a tranquilizer dart. The disappointing first quarter GDP report arrived on a day when two seemingly-invincible...

Impressive earnings reports combined with a better-than-expected drop in initial unemployment claims to push the major stock indices higher.The flow of positive earnings reports was augmented on...