Some observers feared that higher payroll taxes in 2013 would hurt consumers, but new data released this morning should alleviate those worries.
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March 13 - News
“We ended the year with a strong performance as our business benefited from a continued recovery in the housing market coupled with sales related to repairs in the areas impacted...
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March 13 - News
It's deja vu all over again. On March 11, a Lenovo executive speculated about acquiring smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY).
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March 13 - News
The rise in mortgage rates since the beginning of the year has been a concern for the US housing sector, particularly when the Fed is doing its best to keep them at their lowest...
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March 12 - News
Many established, large firms want to be young and agile. Like Warren Buffett preaches, they desire sustainable, competitive advantages.
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March 12 - News
Returning stability to the housing market doesn't mean diddly if Warren Buffett decides to undermine that recovery. Mr.
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March 11 - News
As of 12:45 p.m. EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average has made small gains, up 0.19% to 14,424.
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March 11 - News
Returning stability to the housing market doesn't mean diddly if Warren Buffett decides to undermine that recovery. Mr.
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March 11 - News
Last week I highlighted The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) and how its recently announced $17 billion share buyback program would possibly affect the company moving forward.
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March 10 - News
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.
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March 10 - News
After setting a new all-time nominal high on the Dow, stocks added to their gains today as the S&P 500 and the price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.1% and...
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March 7 - News
In case you haven’t heard, the Dow Jones Industrial Average waltzed to a record high March 5, crushing the old high of 14,164.53 hit on Oct 9, 2007.
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March 7 - News
Stocks are holding on to this morning's gains, with the S&P 500 (S&P Indices: .INX) and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrials Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) up...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
The Dow Jones Industrial Average took the subprime crisis hard in 2008. The index had been on an absolute tear, setting all-time highs nearly every day in 2005 through 2007.
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March 7 - News
Is the housing market really rebounding? Many think so, and the numbers seem to be pointing towards a "yes." According to Gus Faucher, a senior economist at PNC Financial Services...
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March 7 - News
After lots of struggle, it seems that the housing industry has finally begun to show signs of improvement, as everything is going well for the industry.
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March 6 - News
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March 6 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high of 14,253.77 today, exceeding the previous high of 14,164.53 hit in 2007.
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March 5 - News
Today's surge has brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) to a new nominal all-time high, surpassing the mark it reached on Oct. 9, 2007.
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March 5 - News
It's been a team effort pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh all-time high today.
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March 5 - News
1) The S&P/Case Shiller index indicated that prices of single-family homes has increased 6% year-over-year at the end of 2012, the best showing in six years.
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March 5 - News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Eight years after Martha Stewart was released from prison for lying about a stock trade, the home diva is now facing another legal mess that may not be easy to...
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March 5 - News
As the Dow Jones Industrials soar past their previous record high in today's session, it's important to have a longer-term perspective on the market's performance.
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March 5 - News
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), the biggest home improvement store chain in the country, jumped 6% higher on Feb.
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March 5 - News
As well as the stock market has performed lately, Mondays had been a sore point for the average.
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March 4 - News
Down early in the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied in the afternoon to close just a few points below its all-time record high set in Oct. 2007.
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March 4 - News
Google News is showing reports that home prices capped off 2012 with the biggest rise in six years.
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March 4 - News
It's an unimpressive start to the week for the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
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March 4 - News
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) gave numbers on a bad day for the market and the subsequent fall in the share price means investors could be forgiven that for thinking that...
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March 4 - News
The Atlanta based home improvement chain just reported that net income in the latest quarter soared 32% to $1.02 billion, or 68 cents per share.
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March 4 - News
One benefit of following the Dow Jones Industrials is that there's always something going on with the 30 companies that make up the average. As the leaders of the U.S.
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March 4 - News
In 2012, do-it-yourself home-improvement giant The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) ended the year as one of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's top-performing stocks.
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March 3 - News
In the world of mobile computing, the bring-your-own-device to work trend, or BYOD, is all the rage.
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March 2 - News
Even with the data in 13F filings being several weeks old by the time they are released, there are still a few different ways for investors to use this information.
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March 1 - Hedge Funds
It appears some investors are gearing up for a nice rally in the housing market. Earlier this week, a number of major companies with exposure to housing spiked on news that "...
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March 1 - Stock Analysis
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds tend to outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year, according to our historical analysis of 13F ...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds
It hit another record, folks. Early in trading yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average outdid itself once again to claim a new multiyear record.
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February 26 - News
On the back of the worst daily decline since early November, stocks opened higher this morning, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
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February 26 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m. EST indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average may open 0.25% higher this morning, while the S&P 500 may open up 0.27%.
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February 26 - News
I've written about this before, but it's really important: Housing construction is on track for big rebound.
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February 25 - News
The Federal Reserve has taken unprecedented action over the past five years to try to cushion the blow from the financial crisis and ensuing market meltdown on the overall economy...
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February 25 - News
The shortened trading week was still a wild one.
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February 24 - News
Things were going so well.
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February 22 - News
Recent rosy figures from the US housing sector bode well for Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), which is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and installation of home improvement...
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February 22 - News
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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February 22 - News
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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February 22 - News
iven the upward momentum of stocks so far this year, it seems crazy when the Dow Jones Industrial Average has a bad day -- yet here we are. As of 2:15 p.m.
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February 21 - News
For the second day in a row, blue-chip stocks are down considerably.
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February 21 - News
Do you blame yourself for not being smart enough to read the housing recovery in advance? Do you believe that you have missed a golden opportunity to make money since the stocks...
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February 21 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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February 21 - News
