Here is the way we were the last time that the Dow Jones industrial average index was over 12, 000, on June 19, 2008.
The economy has been steadily adding jobs, home values are rising nationally and the stock market has been on a sustained upswing, with the Dow Jones industrial average index up about 17 percent this year.
The benchmark Dow Jones industrial average share index, which had risen 60 points in early trade, closed 77 points lower at 7, 843.11 points.
Treasury bonds have posted a return of 8.87% this year through Wednesday, according to data from Barclays, beating 2.83% on Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index.
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For comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index is up 6.37% for the first six months of 2011.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, more commonly known as the Dow Jones is an index based on 30 large-cap stocks.
Moreover, we found it interesting that the SPX, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 Index pulled back to their respective breakevens for the year, and closed the week in positive territory after rallying from these year-to-date breakeven numbers which are 1, 257.64, 11, 577.51 and 783.65, respectively.
Average dividend payments for companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA) are at least 100% higher than average one-year CD rates.
The Dow Jones industrial average, the most closely watched index of US stocks, has fallen sharply in value since the election took place - dropping 231 points on Friday alone as legal battles over the US electoral began.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% and the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 1.2%, as technology stocks led much of the day's advance.
The raids helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average down about 150 points before a rally left the index down 24.97 points.
General Electric is the only one of the first 12 stocks that were included on the original Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896 that still has a spot on that index today.
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U.S. stock index futures were lower, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures off 11 points.
American stock markets appeared calmer after the excitement of Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average down just over 1% at the close and the technology biased Nasdaq index up more than 2%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was up 5.5%, while the Russell 2000 Index (RUT) lost about 5.5%.
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The Dow Jones industrial average gained 38 points to 14, 127 a matching gain Tuesday would put the index above its record close of 14.164.53 and the Nasdaq added 12 points to 3, 182.
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The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 15, 000 for the first time early Friday, and the Standard and Poor's 500 index, a broader market measure, broke through 1, 600 for the first time.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.9% to 12, 811.32, the second consecutive day that the blue chip index finished by the 13, 000 mark.
As of December 7th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 big American firms had risen 9.3% on the year, whereas the broader Russell 2000 index was down 0.3%.
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