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U.S. stocks rose, erasing earlier losses in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as better-than- estimated data on consumer confidence and manufacturing offset concerns about federal spending cuts.
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has returned 24 percent on average in years it’s risen in both January and February, a bullish sign for 2013, according to S&P.
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U.S. stocks rose, reversing early losses, as consumer confidence increased and manufacturing grew at the fastest pace since June 2011, easing concern about the economy as $85 billion of federal spending cuts were set to begin. Commodities fell and the pound and euro slumped.
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Whether President Barack Obama will win re-election this year may be foreseen by the stock market, according to Sam Stovall of Standard & Poor’s.
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index took longer than usual to fall 5 percent from its peak this year, a sign that any further retreat in U.S. stocks will be “contained,” according to Sam Stovall of S&P.
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U.S. stocks posted the best returns when 10-year Treasury yields rose to close to 4 percent, according to a study by Standard & Poor’s that tracked market performance since 1953.
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While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House. From a dollars- and-cents standpoint, it’s not even close.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to an almost four-month low as Greece’s failure to form a new government offset better-than-estimated American economic data.
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Stocks fell as talks to form a new Greek government failed and concern grew about the stability of the nation’s banks, while the Dollar Index extended its longest rally ever as the euro slid to a four-month low.
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For the first time in more than a century, weather has stopped U.S. equity trading for two straight days as Hurricane Sandy swept across New York City. NYSE Euronext will this morning test a back-up plan in case its headquarters or trading floor are unable to open tomorrow.
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