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Dow INDU Closes at -12294.00 up 124.35
NASDAQ Closes at -2618.64 up 19.19
S&P 500 Closes at – 1265.33 up 11.33

Crude Oil $/bbl – 99.68
Gold, Mini $/oz -1606.00

- TOP STORIES -

Payroll Tax Extension…A win for Obama? (Read the story)

Tax Issues Loom as we enter 2012 (Read the Full Story)

Did You & Your Clients Own any of the Top 10 Fortune 500 Stocks for 2011? (Check the List)

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Barron’s Top 10 Stocks for 2012 (Check the List)

Fortune’s Top 10 Stocks for 2012 (Check the List)

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Dow INDU Closes at  12169.65 up 61.91
NASDAQ Closes at  2599.45  up 21.48
S&P 500 Closes at  1254.00  up 10.28

Crude Oil $/bbl – 99.54
Gold, Mini $/oz -  1614.00

- TOP STORIES -

Looks like the payroll tax was spared for 2 months  (Read full story)

Unemployment claims drop to Pre-Recession levels (Read full story)

Quakes Hit Christchurch, New Zealand (Read Breaking News)

SEC Investor Alert: Investment Seminars – Trading Seminar Fraud (Read Bulletin)

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Forbes Picks 13 Tech Stocks to Buy, 6 to Avoid in 2012  (Read the Report)

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Dow INDU Closes at  12107.74  up 4.16
NASDAQ Closes at  2577.97 dn 25.76
S&P 500 Closes at  1243.72 up 2.42

Crude Oil $/bbl -  98.77
Gold, Mini $/oz – 1613.10

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Dow INDU Closes at   12103.58  up 337.32
NASDAQ Closes at  2603.73 up 80.59
S&P 500 Closes at  1241.30 up 35.95

Crude Oil $/bbl -  97.22
Gold, Mini $/oz -  1626.40

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Dow INDU Closes at  11766.26 dn 100.13
NASDAQ Closes at  2523.14 n/c
S&P 500 Closes at  1205.35.35 dn 14.31

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Dow INDU Closes at   11866.39 dn 2.42
NASDAQ Closes at  2555.33 up 14.32
S&P 500 Closes at  1219.66 up 3.91

Crude Oil $/bbl -  92.91
Gold, Mini $/oz -  1590.60

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Dow INDU Closes at  11868.81  up 45.33
NASDAQ Closes at 2541.01 up 1.7
S&P 500 Closes at 1215.75 up 3.93

Crude Oil $/bbl – 94.04
Gold, Mini $/oz – 1594.20

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Dow INDU Closes at   11823.48 dn 131.46
NASDAQ Closes at   2539.31 dn 39.96
S&P 500 Closes at  1211.82  dn  13.91

Crude Oil $/bbl -   95.50
Gold, Mini $/oz -  1590.10

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Dow INDU Closes at  11954.94  dn  66.45
NASDAQ Closes at 2579.27 dn 32.99
S&P 500 Closes at 1225.73 dn 10.74

Crude Oil $/bbl -  99.88
Gold, Mini $/oz – 1640.40

- TOP STORIES -

Postal Closings Postponed….Can Congress Save the U.S. Postal Service?

(Read the full story)

Will 2012 Bring Economic Recovery or Another Global Recession?

(Read Chris Giles’ Financial Times Report on CNBC)

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So…which brokerage firm are the Insiders buying up?

(see the story on Wall St. Cheat Sheet)

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Dow INDU Closes at  12021.39 down 162.87
NASDAQ Closes at 2612.26 down  34.59
S&P 500 Closes at 1236.47  down   18.72

Crude Oil $/bbl – 98.09
Gold, Mini $/oz -  1666.50

- TOP STORIES -

European Instability Still Rattling Global Markets   (Read the full story)

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Is it time to BUY Gold?

The Gold Report tapped the insight of: Casey Research Master of Metals Louis James to evaluate Year-end buying opportunities.      (READ THE REPORT HERE).

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