The Nasdaq Composite Index ( IXIC) has gained 14.1% so far in 2014. Though short of the 38.3% gain in 2013, the Nasdaq has outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and the Standard & Poor 500’s (INX) year
Benchmarks experienced another day of record gains on Thursday, bettering its record surge a day earlier. The record gains persisted after the Fed’s assurance that it would remain ‘patient’ before executing a rate hike continued to boost investor confidence.
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