January 9 – 13, 2012 Submitted by: Charles Stack As we close out the second week of 2012, the weight of the European debt crisis still looms over the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500, which experienced a consecutive four-day rise, declined half a percent to close at 1,289.09 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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