The Hit Farm

CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)–As the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by as much as 500 points, the US and world financial problems pulled every farm market sharply lower Monday. The Dec. corn futures closed 17 cents lower at $6.86. Marisa Krystian | Aug 08, 2011 | 1min:43sec Investors threw in the towel en masse today as [...]

The DJIA, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all posted in the red for the week and anxieties on Wall Street are building. The Dow Jones Industrial fell lower by over 5 percent last week. This was the worst week of trends for the DJI in over two years. August 8th, 2011 Cat: google trends. DJIA Adds [...]

DJIA: 11723 or Bust. August 3, 2011. A bull market in the DOW that began from a base of 777 on August 12, 1982 culminated on January 14, 2000 when the market closed at 11723. Although those 17+ years encompassed the The last time the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/delayed DJIA +0.25% did that, in [...]

At last check, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA – 12040.57) is clinging to the 12000 level by a thread, with the index off 91.9 points, or 0.8%. The S&P 500 Index (SPX – 1273.93) is off 13 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP – 2722.90) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is likely [...]

DJIA, also referred to as Industrial Average, the Dow 30, or the Dow, is the most followed index of U.S. stock market along with the NASDAQ Composite, the S & P 500 Index, and Russell 2000 Index. By the close on Wall Street, the DJIA shed 62.44 points, 0.51 percent, to 12240.11. The Standard & [...]

By Bloomberg President Barack Obama's dispute with Congress cost US stockholders $680 billion last week but it may be a clash investors end up embracing, based on more than a century of market history. The Dow Jones industrial average has posted 1) It might seem foolish, but I'm waiting for the opportunity to buy stocks [...]