Major stock index ends year unchanged

December 31, 2011, 5:02 pm

For the U.S. stock market, 2011 was an extremely volatile year which ultimately almost balanced out. The broad S&P 500 stock market index endured huge daily swings but eventually lost only 0.003%. Wealth Manager Douglas Blake: “In 2011, consumer staples, utilities, health care, those were the sectors that actually performed well. Read More »