And for stock investors all around the globe, virtually no matter the market you were in, you made money this past year. Sometimes lots of it. Here in the u. S. , the major indexes set records seemingly evy week. The dow and nasdaq had 71 and 72 record alltime high closes respectively. No other year comes close. The s p 500 had 62. And those records led to numbers like these for 2017. The dow up 25 . The nasdaq, 28. And the s p 500, 19 . We delved a lip and h and found some surprises in those numbers. If youre worried these outsized results may indicate an overheated market, youre entitled to feel that way. But consider this. Going back to the reagan administrati that began in 1981, none, none of these gaudy percentage gains even rank in the top five year by year. This years dow comes the closest. Sixth best year since 81. This wasnt even the dows best decade, 2013 was, up 26. 5 . It was, believe it or not, an eerily calm year in the market. 2015 and 16 combined saw the s p 500 move 1
Television . Oh god. This is entertainment tonight. Hello, and welcome, everyone. As we head into the final weekend of 2017 we are remembering all the stars, too many stars that we lost this year. Lets begin with Mary Tyler Moore, the trailblazing actress who could turn the world on with her smile. Every character i played has had a great deal of Mary Tyler Moore in it. Terrible television experiences. Lawyer ra was me who can turn the world on with her mary starred in two of the most acclaimed stars in television mg she won seven emmys. She didnt plan on being an actor. I started wanting to be a dancer. Beneath the heart of this actress beats the heart of a sales dancer. Thats mary. Her first big role was in the early 60s classic the dig van dike show. One of first housewives on tv to wear pants. How come you never dress as a girl. Mary tyler moore was next and america loved it. She was the role model for single women. Youre asking a lot of personal questions that dont have a single t
Well, tha a big question a big meeting on capitol hill tomorrow may give us some answers perhaps the fist big test of the new year will come from iran. Deadly empty government protest there, least 20 people reported dead calling those protesters, quote, enemies of iran. Big day, of course, as we kick off a new year 218 is here and Varney Company is about to begin. Well, have you noticed unless you live in very southern, florida or out on west side in california it is freezing outside frigid temperatures continue to grip wide swaft of the country from pink and purples youre in deep purple youre in deep cold. Heres that weather map where windchills bundle up we mean that is obvious isnt it and snowstorm by the way, is brewing we are told off the atlantic coast. And if it it pushes east it could be a major storm up and down i95 corridor, oh boy looking forward to that. Or more for us on that, potential storm about three minuteses from now. Lets take a quick look at the stock future for yo
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