Stock Market

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Better than oil, gold, or stocks, the best place for investors in 2011 was U.S. government debt. Not even a downgrade of the United States’ AAA rating and spiraling public deficits stopped a rally in Treasuries, which were the best…

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Buy big-company U.S. stocks paying dividends. Tread carefully
amid international stocks. Go easy on bonds, lest you be skewered
when interest rates start rising.

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US stocks outperformed major markets across the globe in 2011 as the S&P 500 made it past the finish line Friday virtually unchanged after one of the most volatile years on record.
With investors abandoning their longtime favorites, the emerging ma…

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The S&P started and ended the year at around 1,257.  So, stocks go nowhere for the year. Did nothing happen?
First, the scoreboard:
Dow: 12,217.6, -69.5, -0.6%S&P 500: 1,257.6, -5.4, -0.4%NASDAQ: 2,605.2, -8.6, -0.3%
And now, the top stories:
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European stocks closed mixed Friday while the euro remained under pressure in thin pre-holiday trade, hitting a 10-year low against the yen over concerns about the eurozone crisis and another global downturn.
The European single currency slumped to 99….

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Click the chart for more stock market data.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks were lower early Friday, the final trading day of 2011, as investors bid farewell to an otherwise volatile year.The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) slipped 22 points, …

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday on the final trading day of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 23 points, or 0.2 percent, at 12,264 in the first hour of trading. The S&P 500 fell 1 point…

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European stocks traded mixed on Friday while the euro remained under pressure in thin pre-holiday trade, hitting a 10-year yen low over concerns about the eurozone crisis and another global downturn.
The European single currency slumped to 99.97 yen in…

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Click the chart for more stock market data.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — From up 8% to down 12%, stocks finished 2011 with an annual change of 0.003%…about as flat as you can get. The S&P 500 index finished 2011 less than a point away from where it e…

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Click chart for more premarket data.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks were set to open slightly higher Friday, the final trading day of 2011, as investors bid farewell to an otherwise volatile year.Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (…

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