U.S. Stock Market Climbed 13% In 2014
Click here for reuse options!Investors have been encouraged by rising corporate earnings and a strengthening U.S. economy, which helped stocks overcome a brief winter chill in growth and tensions with Russia. The stock market also overcame worries about the impact of the end of the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program.
Those who stuck out the market’s ups and downs were rewarded with double-digit returns for the fifth year out of the last six.
“Companies delivered and the ability to produce on the bottom line remained resilient,” said Jeff Kleintop, Charles Schwab’s chief global investment strategist. “Ultimately, that’s what stocks track.”
All the major stock averages are ending the year with respectable returns. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has returned 14 percent including dividends, after a return of 32 percent in 2013. The Dow Jones industrial average has returned 11 percent.
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KB723 December 31st, 2014 at 22:23
Happy New year One and All, Wishing you and yours the Best of the coming New year…. =)
KB723 December 31st, 2014 at 23:23
Happy New year One and All, Wishing you and yours the Best of the coming New year…. =)
tiredoftea December 31st, 2014 at 22:30
Damned socialist, Kenyan, usurper! How dare he improve the economy? Who told him to unleash capitalism during his reign as illegal emperor?
neworleans878 December 31st, 2014 at 22:36
WORST. COMMUNIST. EVER.
tiredoftea December 31st, 2014 at 23:30
Damned socialist, Kenyan, usurper! How dare he improve the economy? Who told him to unleash capitalism during his reign as illegal emperor?
nola878 December 31st, 2014 at 23:36
WORST. COMMUNIST. EVER.
neworleans878 December 31st, 2014 at 23:48
Happy New Year to all!
nola878 January 1st, 2015 at 00:48
Happy New Year to all!
edmeyer_able December 31st, 2014 at 23:57
Hope everyone has a Great New Year and keep fighting and by fighting I mean VOTING.
edmeyer_able January 1st, 2015 at 00:57
Hope everyone has a Great New Year and keep fighting and by fighting I mean VOTING.
granpa.usthai January 1st, 2015 at 05:52
go ahead and blame Obama – see if I care. I’m not planning on voting for him in 2016 anyway!
rg9rts January 1st, 2015 at 09:38
Right over their heads
Ray M. January 6th, 2015 at 22:00
As far as Wall Street is concerned, there’s little difference between Obama and Hillary.
granpa.usthai January 1st, 2015 at 06:52
go ahead and blame Obama – see if I care. I’m not planning on voting for him in 2016 anyway!
rg9rts January 1st, 2015 at 10:38
Right over their heads
Sting Ray January 6th, 2015 at 23:00
As far as Wall Street is concerned, there’s little difference between Obama and Hillary.
rg9rts January 1st, 2015 at 09:38
This is to be expected…it always does well under a democratic administration…takes the Gopee business acumen to trash the market..
rg9rts January 1st, 2015 at 10:38
This is to be expected…it always does well under a democratic administration…takes the Gopee business acumen to trash the market..
Angelo_Frank January 1st, 2015 at 10:32
The top ten percent have 81% to 94% of stocks, bonds, trust funds, and business equity, and almost 80% of non-home real estate.
Angelo_Frank January 1st, 2015 at 11:32
The top ten percent have 81% to 94% of stocks, bonds, trust funds, and business equity, and almost 80% of non-home real estate.
Tim Coolio January 8th, 2015 at 21:02
Democratic economic theories are proven to work time
and time again while republican economic ideas have
crashed and burned every time, reducing taxes does
NOT make the economy grow and does NOT increase
revenues and a stronger economy lifts all boats
and yes even the rich still get richer just the same,
also personal income has grown six times more under
Democratic presidents,
GDP has grown seven times more under Democrats,
corporate profits have grown 16% more per year under
Democratic administrations (and the most under Obama)
and have declined under republicans by an average
4.5% a year,
average annual compound return on the stock market has
been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents,
republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the
national debt than did Democrats,
the great depression and great recession occured during
republican administrations pursuing austerity programs,
Democrat Obama has outpaced president Reagan on several
economic metrics; the unemployment rate, the national
deficit and government cost-cutting!
Tim Coolio January 8th, 2015 at 22:02
Democratic economic theories are proven to work time
and time again while republican economic ideas have
crashed and burned every time, reducing taxes does
NOT make the economy grow and does NOT increase
revenues and a stronger economy lifts all boats
and yes even the rich still get richer just the same,
also personal income has grown six times more under
Democratic presidents,
GDP has grown seven times more under Democrats,
corporate profits have grown 16% more per year under
Democratic administrations (and the most under Obama)
and have declined under republicans by an average
4.5% a year,
average annual compound return on the stock market has
been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents,
republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the
national debt than did Democrats,
the great depression and great recession occured during
republican administrations pursuing austerity programs,
Democrat Obama has outpaced president Reagan on several
economic metrics; the unemployment rate, the national
deficit and government cost-cutting!