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  1. Business Highlights

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    industrial average lost 50.92 points to 13,384.29, while the Nasdaq composite dropped 2.85 points to 3,098.81. The S & P 500 fell 4.58 points to close at 1,461.89. Benchmark crude rose 10 cents to finish at $93.19 a barrel in New York. Brent

  2. News Summary: S&P 500 Slips From 5-Year High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Chase said the ongoing drought in the Midwest will likely squeeze the crop-processing company's profit margins. THE INDEXES: The S & P 500 fell four points to close at 1,461. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 50 points to 13,384.

  3. How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    461.89. The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.84, or 0.09 percent, to 3,098.81. For the year: The Dow is up 280.15, or 2.1 percent. The S & P 500 is up 35.70, or 2.5 percent. The Nasdaq is up 79.30, or 2.6 percent.

  4. Stocks Sink, Pulling S&P 500 Down From 5-Year High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    closing lower on Wall Street, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday. The S & P 500 dropped four points end at 1,461 Monday. Stocks surged last week after lawmakers reached a last-minute budget deal. The

  5. Stocks Slip, Pulling S&P 500 Below Its 5-Year High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    high it reached Friday. Nine of the 10 industry groups in the S & P 500 were lower. Only health care stocks rose. At midday Monday Jones industrial average was down 61 points at 13,374. The S & P 500 was down six at 1,460. The Nasdaq composite was off seven

  6. Stocks Open Lower, Pushing S&P 500 Down From High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    55 points to 13,379 as of 10:30 a.m. EST Monday. The S & P 500 dropped six points to 1,460. The Nasdaq composite fell eight Dec. 31, 2008. The stock rose 2 cents to $12.13. The S & P 500 closed at a five-year high Friday after a report showed that

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  1. Stocks Open Lower, Pushing S&P 500 Down From High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    67 points to 13,368 as of 10:15 a.m. EST Monday. The S & P 500 dropped seven points to 1,459. The Nasdaq composite fell Dec. 31, 2008. The stock rose 8 cents to $12.19. The S & P 500 closed at a five-year high Friday after a report showed that

  2. Stocks Open Lower; S&P 500 Eases From 5-Year High

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, pulling the S & P 500 index down from a five-year high it reached last week. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 72 points to 13,364 shortly after the

  3. Stocks Off to Strong 2013 Start

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    on Wall Street could be as good as the first week. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are up 4.5 percent since January 1. The S & P 500 index is at the highest level in five years. But this week's

  4. Futures Slip After S&P Hits Pre-Recession Levels

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    point at 2,712. Investors appear to be taking some money off the table with the earnings season kicking off Tuesday. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on election day and on Friday closed at 1,466, the highest since December 2007. On Monday

  5. Wall Street Cheers "Cliff" Deal, but Only for Now

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    end of the third quarter of last year, S & P 500 companies had accumulated more than $1 estimates that half of the stocks in the S & P 500 have a dividend yield that is higher than but it has rebounded since then. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on

  6. Wall Street Cheers "Cliff" Deal, but Only for Now

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    end of the third quarter of last year, S & P 500 companies had accumulated more than $1 estimates that half of the stocks in the S & P 500 have a dividend yield that is higher than but it has rebounded since then. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on

  7. How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    For the week: The Dow is up 497.10, or 3.8 percent. The S & P 500 is up 64.04, or 4.6 percent. The Nasdaq is up 141.35 For the year: The Dow is up 331.07, or 2.5 percent. The S & P 500 is up 40.28, or 2.8 percent. The Nasdaq is up 82.15

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Videos

  1. Buffett Hits the S&P

    Fri, 12 Feb 2010

    very big name is being added to the S & P 500 today and it will have investors Berkshire Hathaway coming into the S & P 500 be. One point 4% of the index it's trillion dollars in funds that track the S & P 500 index they have to buy shares. in the

    S&P 500 found at 1:47, 2:05, 2:12

    on China for growth for a lot of international companies on the S&P 500 -- in the US. So when they do that we get concern -- stock market's slow because we want to be able
    the US and a very big name is being added to the S&P 500 today and it will have investors lining -- want it.
    That's right Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway coming into the S&P 500 -- be. One point 4% of the index it's really a huge company almost 200. Billion dollar company and they split the baby B shares a smaller shares down to about 75 dollars a -- the regular investors can get a hold of them. There are more than a trillion dollars in funds that track the S&P 500 index they have to buy shares. -- in the index proportional to the weight that they hold in the index here to
  2. Why Companies Aren't Hiring

    Tue, 17 Aug 2010

    to her regard big companies like such as those in the S & P 500 index . And nearly half of the earnings from those companies cash right now it's nearly a trillion dollars for the S & P 500 companies. And it's natural to why don't they spend

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    her -- regard big companies like such as those in the S&P 500 index. And nearly half of the earnings from those companies don't even come from the US economy come from overseas so. A
    ton of cash right now it's nearly a trillion dollars for the S&P 500 companies. And it's natural to -- why don't they spend some of that money to hire people. And it -- in Washington
  3. Beth Kobliner Answers Your Money Questions

    Thu, 29 Apr 2010

    being in the performance the stock market as a whole. And that's what they do that but in next isn't like the S & P 500 index and the best thing about index funds it. Low expenses that they money gatlin from a company like being or. Other

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    they do that but -- in next -- isn't like the S&P 500 index and the best thing about index funds it. Low expenses that they -- money gatlin from a company like being --
  4. Major Milestone on Wall Street

    Fri, 20 Jul 2007

    concerns of a slowing housing market. But then yesterday the S & P 500 reached its highest levels ever a new milestone was hit businesses having big And if you're invested a broad ranging S & P 500 index . the Dow either through individual stocks or your company's

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    on continued concerns of a slowing housing market. But then yesterday the S&P 500 reached its highest levels ever -- a new milestone was hit when the Dow closed about 141000. For the first time. Does it only took three months to get there some thirteen thousand so why -- change and what does it mean for you will at all that big businesses having big -- And if you're invested a broad ranging S&P 500 index. -- the Dow either through individual stocks or your company's 401K. Yeah pocketed nice -- change this week. But stocks like
  5. Investing Through the Ages

    Thu, 6 Sep 2007

    the short term. Investing in equities has historically offered solid growth over periods measured in years the broad S & P 500 index a good measure of the overall stock market. Has certainly had single years were posted negative growth. But the index

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    has historically offered solid growth over periods measured in years the broad S&P 500 index a good measure of the overall stock market. Has certainly had single years were posted negative growth. But the index has
  6. Stock Market Skyrockets After Fiscal Deal

    Wed, 2 Jan 2013

    All 30 dow jones stocks were up and more than 90% of the s & p 500 . The markets were optimistic that the economy wouldn't fall already been a good year. If you were invested entirely in the s & p 500 , the average 4) would have gained $10,000 in the last year

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    the s&p 500 , the average 4)
  7. S&P Warnings Prompts U.S. Stock Selloff

    Tue, 19 Apr 2011

    won't be able to come up with a credible deficit reduction Standard and Poor ' s warned that the United States may be subject to a credit today. It is a huge huge earnings week about a 20%. Of the S & P 500 will be reporting earnings this are talking about more than

    S&P 500 found at 5:15

    It is a huge huge earnings week about a 20%. Of the S&P 500 will be reporting earnings this -- are talking about more than a hundred companies coming out with their results. So that's what
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  1. Surprising Sears, Netflix Lead Best S&P 500 Start Since 1998
  2. Morgan Stanley Analyst Nails 2011 S&P 500 Call
  3. PHOTO: A trader signals in the S&P 500 Futures pit at the CME Group in Chicago, Sept. 21, 2011.
  4. VIDEO: Senate Banking Committee investigates Standard and Poor's credit downgrade.
  1. VIDEO: Standard and Poor?s lowers America's Triple A rating in wake of debt debacle.
  2. PHOTO: Standard and Poor's in New York
  3. PHOTO: Traders work in the S&P 500 options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, April 27, 2011, Chicago, Ill.
  4. Photo: Standard and Poor's adds growing internet movie retailer Netflix to the S&P 500 and drops the New York Times out of the stock index.

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