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  <title>Thrivent Financial for Lutherans: Market Recap</title> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Market rally fades in June  ]]></title> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:00:00 CDT</pubDate> 
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  <description><![CDATA[After rallying sharply from early March lows through the end of May, stocks were relatively flat in the final month of the quarter. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.41% in the month ended June 30, 2009, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.20%. While the Dow is still slightly negative for the year, the S&P 500 index is in positive territory for 2009. Foreign equities lagged their domestic counterparts this month, with the MSCI EAFE Index of developed economy stocks falling 0.54% in June. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Stocks rise for third consecutive month  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The current stock market rally, which began in early March, continued in May, driving nearly all broad equity indexes higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.5% in the month ended May 31, 2009, while the broader Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index climbed 5.6%. ]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Stock market rally continues into April  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[First quarter corporate earnings reports generally came in better than lowered expectations, driving most major stock market indexes higher during the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.6% in the month ended April 30, 2009, while the broader Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index climbed 9.5%, its best monthly increase since March 2000.]]></description> 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Stocks rally in March but fall for quarter  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Equities rebounded sharply in March after losing ground in January and February, though the rally was not sufficient to push broad stock market indexes into positive ground for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The S&amp;P 500 Index rose 8.8% in March - its best monthly gain since October 2002. For the full quarter, the index was down 11.0%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite rallied 7.9% and 11.0%, respectively, but also remained in negative territory for the quarter.]]></description> 
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