The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index ended higher for a fourth straight week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 121.18 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 15,354.40. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 15.65, or 1 ...

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

Another ETF worth looking at is the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA); as the name suggests, this ETF lets investors track the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Regardless, investors need to continue to focus on asset ...

The stock market is closing out its third straight week of gains. Small-company stocks fared better than blue chips. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 35.87 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 15,118.49. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 7.03 ...

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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) lost 42 points to finish Thursday's trading session at 15,233 for a 0.28 percent decline.

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.

On Wednesday, the June E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a new all-time high at 15278. Despite the sluggish overnight trade, there is nothing to suggest that the uptrend is weakening.

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 ...