The Markets
Market close August 14, 2015 - Stocks moved slightly ahead of last week. Both the large-cap S&P 500 and Dow posted modest gains by week's end as did the small-cap Russell 2000. The Nasdaq was relatively flat posting only a 0.09% gain week-on-week. The Global Dow, possibly influenced by the generally slumping Chinese economy coupled with that government's devaluation of the yuan, finished the week in negative territory.
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