1. Development Test

    ... TestThis is a test of the index servers ability to re-index the directory

  2. 0.0%? S&P 500 perfectly flat for 2011, Dow up 5.5% for year

    ... ; Poor's 500 index closed 2011 a tiny fraction of a point — 0.04 — below where ... the new year, the S&P closed at 1,257.60, up 5.4 points or 0.4% for the session. Read the whole story at Associated Press

  3. Dow, S&P 500 close at highest since July

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    ... to their highest close since last summer. The Dow finished up 96.88, or 0.8%, at 12,578.95. The S&P 500 ... rose 14.37, or 1.1%, to 1,308.04. The Nasdaq composite index, which has outperformed the other two this year, rose 41.63 points, or 1.5%, to 2,769.71.

  4. Is more money pumping on way?

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    ... stimulus during his speech to Congress on the economy. Still, the S&P has surged 8.7 percent ... slumped 53.05 points, or 0.41 percent to close at 12,952.07, led by H-P [HPQ 25.31 -0.87 (-3.32 ... %) ] and Alcoa [AA 10.17 -0.20 (-1.93%) ]. Despite the session disappointing move, the blue-chip index

  5. Home prices ease to 8-year lows

    ... the three months ended Sept. 30, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index

  6. A case of investment 'scareds'

    ... in securities to mirror a market index, such as the S&P 500. They buy and sell securities in a way ... that mirrors the composition of the selected index. So, you invest in an S&P 500 index fund your ... returns will probably follow the rise and fall of the S&P 500. I own a few index funds, and they're

  7. Stocks tumbleto 5-month low

    ... Index dropped 38.56 points, or 1.98 percent, to finish at 1,908.15. The Dow and the S&P 500 ... ; Poor's 500 Index slid 19.43 points, or 1.67 percent, to close at 1,142.62. The Nasdaq Composite

  8. Dow loses 214 points

    ... Year's rally that sent the index soaring above the 11,000 mark for the first time since June 2001 ... . For the week, the S&P 500 was down 1.9 percent and Nasdaq declined 2.85 percent. The Dow ... was down 1.96 percent today to 10,667. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 24 points, or 1.85

  9. Gore's nest egg includes stock

    ... WASHINGTON -- Likely GOP presidential nod George W. Bush yesterday suggested Vice President ... in Treasuries, earn an anemic 2 percent. Each year over the last five years, the S&P 500 stock ... index has yielded more than 20 percent -- a first in U.S. history.

  10. Obama misery index

    ... the Misery Index during the Obama administration. Candidate Barack Obama charged President Bush ... ," Corsi wrote. "However, a close look at the table below shows that the Misery Index under ... President Obama is increasing, as unemployment edges close to 9 percent." The Misery Index, created