S&P 500

...the stock market higher in light trading ahead of Thanksgiving. Modest gains Wednesday left the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index at 13-month highs. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.69, or 0.3...

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...the stock market higher in light trading ahead of Thanksgiving. Modest gains Wednesday left the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index at 13-month highs. The economic news, as well as a drop in the dollar, stoked...

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...U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 37.57 points, or 0.4 percent, at 10,471.28 around midday New York time while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.24 points, or 0.4 percent, at 1,110.46. The modestly positive...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Monday said it raised its 12-month target on the S&P 500 index to 1,275 from 1,200 previously, citing expectations of improved earnings per share in the financial, technology and...

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...valued relative to fixed income alternatives," BMO analyst Ben Joyce said in a note to clients. The analyst raised his forecast for S&P 500 operating earnings 86 cents to $58.11 for 2009, and increased 2010 estimates by $1 to $71.

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...economy will advance from here or still faces another leg down. The debate has plagued the rally throughout its run but now that the S&P 500 is up more than 60 percent from March's 12-year lows, investors are more wary of taking risks. With...

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...from computer maker Dell <DELL.O> and homebuilder D.R. Horton <DHI.N> as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic. Following the S&P 500's gain of more than 60 percent from its 12-year closing low of March 9, investors have become...

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* Worried investors curb riskier bets * Weak results from Dell, D.R. Horton weigh * Dow off 0.1 pct; S&P 500 off 0.3 pct; Nasdaq off 0.5 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] (Updates to close) By Ellis...

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Citigroup raised its 2009 and 2010 year-end estimates for the S&P 500 index <. SPX> on Wednesday, citing "the seeming willingness by investors to chase equities." For 2009, the estimate was raised to 1,100 from 1,000. For 2010, the...

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...-- To paraphrase the sage words of Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel, investors are hoping that the S&P 500 goes to 11. Hundred, that is. The S&P 500 rose Monday and cracked the 1,100 mark, the fifth time in the past month it has...

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