Investments in the NYSE for the Year 2012 (2024)

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Was 2012 a good year for the stock market? ›

And overall, 2012 was a good year for stocks: The Dow was up 7.3 percent for 2012, its fourth straight year of gains; the S&P 500 climbed 13 percent, its best year since 2009; and the tech-heavy Nasdaq index surged 16 percent.

Hurricane Sandy: October 29-30, 2012

On October 29-30, the NYSE closed its doors due to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The hurricane destroyed areas of New Jersey and New York – causing Lower Manhattan to be faced with extreme flooding and power outages.

The year featured slow, steady gains and low volatility, as the stock market overcame a world of worries, sometimes in surprising fashion. For the year, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 11.5% through Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 6% and the Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 13.6%.

Whether it was slow, steady growth in the U.S. (but no recession), a slow, steady recession in Europe (but no implosion), or a slow, steady slowdown in China (but no hard landing), 2012 was the year of muddling through.

History illustrates some of the problems in forecasting the short-term movements of stock prices. Based on what happened in 1994, prognosticators then were forecasting a weak year for stocks in 1995. But stock prices soared in 1995--arguably, the best year in history.

Some of the most significant stock market crashes in U.S. history include the crash in 1929 that preceded the Great Depression, the crash in 1987, known as Black Monday, the dotcom bubble crash in 2001, the 2008 crash related to the Financial Crisis, and the 2020 crash following the outbreak of COVID.

In 1914, the NYSE closed its doors on July 31. It did not fully reopen for 4½ months, the longest shutdown in exchange history. The shutdown coincided with the beginning of World War I.

Among the more prominent causes were the period of rampant speculation (those who had bought stocks on margin not only lost the value of their investment, they also owed money to the entities that had granted the loans for the stock purchases), tightening of credit by the Federal Reserve (in August 1929 the discount ...

What was the worst decade for the stock market? ›

Once the Tech Bubble deflated, the equity market began an extended period of underperformance which came to be known as “the lost decade in equities.” From December 31, 1999 to December 31, 2009, the S&P 500® returned -1%/year, whereas NASDAQ returned -5%/year [or -6%/year for the NASDAQ 100].

The average number of shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange rose from 65 million shares to 181 million shares. The crash on October 19, 1987, Black Monday, was the climactic culmination of a market decline that had begun five days before on October 14.

At the top is Altria Group Inc. , a tobacco company that, until 2003, was known as Philip Morris Companies Inc. The tobacco company has returned more than $2.6 million for every dollar invested on Dec. 31, 1925, the earliest date available in the data set Bessembinder used as the basis for his calculations.

There are two general periods where stocks realized a negative return over a 10-year span: one during the Great Depression in the 1930s and the other during the Great Recession in 2008.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Are you amazed to see Warrant Buffet's company at the top of the list of most expensive stock? Yes, this consumer goods conglomerate is the world's most expensive stock, which has a current market price of US$ 630500.

Arguably, the most significant stock market crash in U.S. history came in October 1929. The market had reached an all-time high in September, but on Oct. 24, stocks began to fall.

2013 was a so-so time for the U.S. economy, but it was a banner year for the stock market. Investors poured money into stocks, driving up prices to record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the year up 26 percent. The S&P 500 did even better.