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07-14-2016, 03:44 AM
U.S. stock indexes are hitting all-time highs, but **body is terribly excited about it
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With all the political and social tumult in the U.S. and abroad, you might expect that the stock market wouldn't be doing terribly well.*
Turns out, it's doing just peachy.
The two biggest U.S. stock indexes — the Dow Jones Industrial average and the S&P 500 — have closed at record highs for much of the week. That's great news if you've got any sort of retirement savings, and even better news if you're near retirement.*
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The strength of U.S. stocks is particularly encouraging after markets took a sharp tumble following Britain's vote last month (http://mashable.com/category/brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to leave the European Union.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/us-stocks-hit-all-time-high/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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With all the political and social tumult in the U.S. and abroad, you might expect that the stock market wouldn't be doing terribly well.*
Turns out, it's doing just peachy.
The two biggest U.S. stock indexes — the Dow Jones Industrial average and the S&P 500 — have closed at record highs for much of the week. That's great news if you've got any sort of retirement savings, and even better news if you're near retirement.*
SEE ALSO: How Imgur maintains its geek cred as it chases ad dollars (http://mashable.com/2016/06/17/imgur-ad-dollars-geek-cred/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The strength of U.S. stocks is particularly encouraging after markets took a sharp tumble following Britain's vote last month (http://mashable.com/category/brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) to leave the European Union.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/us-stocks-hit-all-time-high/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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