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Intel Corporation (INTC), Bank of America Corp (BAC), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Why the Dow Stumbled for a 5th Straight Day

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August 20 - News

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp (BAC): Shares Rise Despite More Problems for Two Major Banks

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August 20 - News

Bank of America Corp (BAC), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): U.S. Stocks Shake Off Global Stock Plunge

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August 20 - News

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY): The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) Beats Estimates and Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Looks to Snap Losing Streak

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August 20 - News

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel Corporation (INTC): The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Bounces Back After Four Days in the Red

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August 20 - News

Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI): How Dividends Change the Game for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Stock

The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me.

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August 20 - News

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), Intel Corporation (INTC): Tech Stocks Lead the Dow Higher

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August 20 - News

United Technologies Corporation (UTX), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), General Electric Company (GE): What’s Driving These Three Dow Stocks Lower?

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August 20 - News

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Retail Rules the Day as Markets Look to Snap 4-Day Losing Streak

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August 20 - News

J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP), Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Perhaps Retail Isn’t Dead Yet

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August 20 - News

Bank of America Corp (BAC) – Forget Headline Risk: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Can Still Outperform

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August 20 - News

Intel Corporation (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM): Why the Dow (.DJI) Shed 70 Points Today

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August 19 - News

Intel Corporation (INTC), The Boeing Company (BA): Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Looks Poised for a 5% Correction

Since the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) closed on August 2 at 15,658, it has fallen nine of the 11 trading days and lost 648 points, or 4.13%.

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August 19 - News

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI): Markets Can’t Shake the Bears

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August 19 - News

Alcoa Inc (AA), Bank of America Corp (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM): Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Continues Its Slide

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August 19 - News

The Boeing Company (BA), Intel Corporation (INTC): Two Big Winners on a Quiet Day for the Dow

Last week was a little rough for the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which pulled back 2.2%.

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August 19 - News

The Boeing Company (BA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT): Intel Corporation (INTC) Shakes Off the Market’s Jitters

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August 19 - News

Intel Corporation (INTC): What Shot Shares Through the Roof?

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August 19 - News

Alcoa Inc (AA), Bank of America Corp (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): Dow Can’t Get Over the Fed

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August 19 - News

Intel Corporation (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp (BAC): Taking the Long View on the Dow (.DJI)’s Big Stories

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August 19 - News

Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ): Record-Breaking Market Rebounds and an Early Computing Casualty

Less than a week after embarking on the greatest market surge in living memory, the New York Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) each set new ...

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August 19 - News

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (DD), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): This Simple Dividend Strategy Is Crushing the Dow

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August 19 - News

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Bank of America Corp (BAC), American Express Company (AXP): The Dow’s Top Stocks This Week

U.S. stock markets fell this week, as traders continue to be concerned about the Federal Reserve's plans to "taper" an $85 billion bond-buying program later this year.

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August 19 - News

Pandora Media Inc (P), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ): Three Predictions for the New Week

I predicted that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) would close higher on the week.

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August 19 - News

AT&T Inc. (T), Intel Corporation (INTC), Pfizer Inc. (PFE): An Even Simpler Path to Dow Dividend Riches?

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August 19 - News

The Walt Disney Company (DIS), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO): Last Week’s Worst Performing Dow Components

It was a tough week for the markets, with fear hanging in the air over the fate of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program and over last week's market stumble.

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August 19 - News

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO): Is President Obama Creating a Crisis of Confidence in the Markets?

You would hardly know it by the simple fact that the S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) have rallied 150% and 135% from trough...

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August 17 - News

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Oracle Corporation (ORCL): Did Edward Snowden’s NSA Papers Really Hurt American Business Interests?

It seems only yesterday American leaders were wary of Chinese computing equipment.

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August 17 - News

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), S&P 500 (.INX): This Was the Week’s Most Important Trend

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August 17 - News

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), T MOBILE US INC (TMUS), Bank of America Corp (BAC): Stocks Continue to Slide as Consumer Sentiment Falls

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August 16 - News

Buy, Sell, or Hold McDonald’s Corporation (MCD)?

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), like many consumer discretionary stocks, has had a slow first half of 2013, and that trend looks to continue for the near term. McDonald's...

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August 16 - News

AT&T Inc. (T), Pfizer Inc. (PFE): Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Ends the Week With a Whimper as Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Drops

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August 16 - News

The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Alcoa Inc (AA), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): Markets Pause After Yesterday’s Plunge

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August 16 - News

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Macy’s, Inc. (M), Bank of America Corp (BAC): The Dow Gets Sentimental

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track to close out this week at its lowest point since April. As of 11:45 a.m.

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August 16 - News

General Motors Company (GM), Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (SU): U.S. Stocks Collapse; Buffett Keeps Buying

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August 16 - News

Macy’s, Inc. (M), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Futures Rise…Is the Consumer Back?

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August 16 - News

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), The Boeing Company (BA), Alcoa Inc (AA): Consumers Kept Wallets Open in July, Boosting Stocks

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August 13 - News

American Express Company (AXP), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): Is This a Turning Point for Mobile-Wallet Payments?

The Isis mobile-wallet system has been around for years, but consumers have hardly noticed. That might be about to change.

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August 13 - News

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), The Home Depot, Inc. (HD): Strong Economic Data Sends Bond Yields Higher

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August 13 - News

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), Travelers Companies Inc (TRV): Why Does the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) Keep Falling?

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August 13 - News

United States Steel Corporation (X), Ford Motor Company (F): A Revolution in the American Labor Force

One of the last major industries in the United States finally made the shift to an eight-hour day on Aug. 13, 1923.

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August 13 - News

Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Cummins Inc. (CMI): The Forgotten $150 Billion Banking Bailout

The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s had many causes, and like most financial meltdowns, it also had many attempted solutions.

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August 13 - News

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT), CACI International Inc (CACI): Will Al Qaeda’s Legion of Doom Destroy America’s Economy?

Surgically implanted bombs, the most serious threats the U.S.

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August 13 - News

Ford Motor Company (F), Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI): The IPO That Inflated the Dot-Com Bubble

Netscape went public on Aug. 9, 1995, just over a year after its founding, and only eight months after releasing the first version of its groundbreaking Web browser.

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August 13 - News

Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), NIKKEI 225 (NI225): Is the U.S. Still the Best Place to Invest?

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August 13 - News

3M Co (MMM), UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), Bank of America Corp (BAC): Which Stocks Drive or Delay the Dow’s All-Time Highs?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is only a couple of days removed from setting fresh all-time highs.

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August 13 - News

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), Chevron Corporation (CVX): Will These Fears Hurt the Dow This Morning?

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August 12 - News

Priceline.com Inc (PCLN), Apple Inc. (AAPL): Ten Interesting and Little-Known Facts About the S&P 500 (.INX)

Make no mistake about it: The U.S. stock market's most iconic and prolific stock market index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI).

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August 12 - News