Word: dowe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been long in corn instead of Turkey, we would have been up 59.8%, as corn outperformed the Dow Jones industrials by nearly double in 1995. Zero-coupon bonds did even better, up 63.1%. At least we avoided coffee beans, down 43.8%, and Taiwan equities, down 30.6%. So there are some reasons to be thankful, and just as many to be sorry...
...think the odds are better than even as of today that there will be no agreement," the House Speaker said Wednesday from Casper, Wyoming. "It may just be that we need one more election." Minutes after his comments, stock prices dropped 35 points. By the end of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average had plunged 97.19 points, a steep decline that compounded a 67.55-point drop on Tuesday. It was the ninth-worst point drop ever, and the biggest since budget negotiations stalled on December 18. In shattering the prospect of the first balanced budget in three decades, the Speaker...
...Dow Jones industrial average rose 16.62 points to finish at 5194.07. Advancing issues led decliners by nearly 5 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange on a heavy volume of 468.92 million shares. The NYSE composite index rose 0.92 to 332.63, with the S&P's index up 0.59 at 621.32. Meanwhile, technology stocks suffered a setback, causing the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index to fall 12.39 points to 1,046.26. And in London, gold soared to $393.75, up $6.90. Photographs...
...first day of 1996 went as did much of1995 on Wall Street. After rising more than 33 percent last year, stocks soared again today, with the Dow Jones industrial average finishing up more than 60.33 points at 5,177.45. Advancing issues led decliners by approximately 7 to 4. The S & P's composite index gained 4,80 to 620.73. On the Nasdaq, the composite index rose 6.52, ending up at 1,058.65. And in London, gold finished at $386.85. Photographs...
...called Santa Claus Effect that boosted the stock market on the day after Christmas fizzled as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.34 points Wednesday, closing at 5,105.92. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was up slightly, 0.49, to end the day at 318.13. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,331 to 984, with 778 unchanged. Volume was light with 252.31 million shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 0.68 to close at 1,048.69. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks rose slightly, 0.23 to 614.53. The American Stock Exchange market value index...