Major indexes, which had barely budged Thursday, finished higher for the week-and are closing in on strong full-year gains. Heading into a new year with a new administration, policymakers project ...

The stock declined on seven of those occasions, or 78% of them, ranging from edging downward by 1.1% in November 2007 to falling 19.3% in February 1999. The two times it rose it posted gains of around ...