Stocks & Bonds: A Directionless Market Ends Barely Higher
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Wall Street eked out a modest advance yesterday after investors found little motivation in remarks by Federal Reserve officials and shrugged off a warning from a chip maker, National Semiconductor.
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NEW YORK  -U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday, with a decline in Microsoft Corp. weighing on technology shares, while bonds rose slightly and the dollar mostly firmed against major currencies.
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Stocks ended barely higher  on Tuesday  as oil prices rose and investors tried to anticipate the  economic fallout from Hurricane Ivan as it moved through the  Gulf of Mexico toward a possible landfall in the United States.
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A doubling of earnings, but no jump in stock price?
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The market may be stuck in neutral, but your portfolio doesn't have to be.
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Lackluster equity fund performance has weighed on its results lately.
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UK blue chips ended flat on the last full session of 2004, having been stuck all day within a narrow trading range in very thin volumes, with Wall Street's modest progress failing to excite, dealers said.
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NEW YORK  -U.S. stocks ended mixed on Monday, with  a decline in Microsoft Corp. weighing on technology shares,  while bonds rose slightly and the dollar mostly firmed against  major currencies.
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You don't have to search hard for a reason not to invest right now. It's a sideways market waiting for election results, fearing movement in interest rates and a hike in inflation, all against a backdrop of war and an increased threat of terrorism.
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The stock's case of ennui isn't over yet.
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What's better than a high-quality stock? A high-quality stock with the wind at its back!
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The Dow closed at its highest level in seven months, the Nasdaq in nine months and the S&amp;P hit a fresh three-year high. The US stock market has been on an upward path since the re-election of President George W Bush.
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With just a day and a-half left in 2004, stocks have turned listless, as most investors sit on the sidelines, having already made their year-end moves.
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Stock prices are near the highest level ever, but instead of triggering giddy euphoria, the rise is inspiring doubt and concern that stock values might be too high.
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Dow Jones met investors' mark, but its results aren't likely to be spectacular in the near term.
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Stock exchanges' stratospheric valuations may not reflect reality.
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Shares on Wall Street looked set for a  flat to slightly higher start on Thursday with key economic  data ahead constraining trade.