Monday, December 31, 2007

Stocks Cap Wild Year With a Slip

Stocks Cap Wild Year With a Slip
The Dow industrials sank 101.05 points, or 0.8%, to 13264.82 on the final day of trading for 2007, but major indexes ended the year in the black despite months of credit turmoil. The Dow rose 6.4%, the Nasdaq advanced 9.8% and the S&P 500 climbed 3.5%.

International fund managers put emerging markets in spotlight
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- International stock funds enjoyed a rising tide in the past 12 months that lifted most portfolios, and fund managers predict that 2008 will be the seventh consecutive year in which foreign-stock funds top their U.S. rivals.