That’s where the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed yesterday, marking the first time the index finished above 15,000. The Dow, a price-weighted average of 30 blue-chip stocks, rose 87.31 points. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.5 percent to...
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A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the trading day on May 7, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 15,056.2
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A trader on the floor of The New York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2013. The Dow Jones industrial average rallied to a record high on Tuesday to close for the day at 14,253.77, beating its old 2007 record.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 65
That’s how many months it took for the Dow Jones Industrial Averageto top its previous closing record. The Dow, a price-weighted average of 30 blue-chip stocks, rose 125.95 points to close yesterday at 14,253.77, rising above the previous closing...
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A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 27, 2013.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 14,075.37
That’s where the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed yesterday, its highest level since October 2007. The Dow added 175.24 points and closed within 90 points of its record. The advance was led by JP Morgan Chase & Co., Caterpillar Inc.,...
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Stocks with the highest dividends are relatively costly, even though the federal government is poised to raise taxes on the pay-outs, according to David Bianco, Deutsche Bank AG’s chief U.S. equity strategist. Bianco drew the conclusion, presented in a Nov....
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