The Dow Jones industrial average was down 27 points to 15,091, a decline of 0.2 percent, shortly after the market opened Monday.

What does all that mean to the average investor? At this point not much, in part because (as the BofA/ML report points out) .... What follows is basically my outline of why I think so far the industry has avoided the pitfalls that it’s being accused ...

A surprisingly strong April employment report and robust Q1 corporate earnings lifted shares of U.S. companies into record territory Friday, as both the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 index of large corporation stocks ...

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m. EDT indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.

With that caveat, in this report I lay out the five most worrisome signs that horrific market losses await the unwary, the careless, the reckless - and those who possess all three characteristics (i.

The June E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average futures contract opened lower this morning. Overnight, the Dow posted an inside range on low volume.

John Whitefoot: It's been strange watching the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) continue to march higher for the last few months, moving in direct contrast to the underlying economic indicators.

NEW YORK (AP) - A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday. News that Europe's economic slump dragged France into a recession also weighed on markets.

The Dow Jones Industrial Averge (INDEXDJX:.DJI) 50% decline from 14,118 in 2007 to 6,516 in early 2009 was only the beginning.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 60 points, or 0.4 percent, to 15,294 as of 10:13 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The index is 1.2 percent higher for the week.