New Year's Eve is still more than a week away, but investors can bust out the bubbly now. The Dow hit the 18,000 milestone for the first time ever Tuesday, putting an exclamation point on a stellar year. Not to be outdone, the S&P 500 is also trading at an all-time high. The two indexes are now

Stocks have been getting clobbered the past few days, which makes this a perfect time to talk about the prospect of Dow 18,000. The oft-cited market indicator is about 400 points away from that milestone as I write this. Why bring this up now, when the market’s reeling? Because if I follow

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the markets open in New York November 7, 2014. U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday, though the Dow and S&P 500 inched up to fresh records as October payrolls data indicated resilience in the face of slowing global