The U.S. has yet to take a tough stance on companies that move jobs overseas, and it has never officially discouraged the practice as many other nations have.

The Retirement Confidence Survey found that the percentage of Americans who have saved less than $10,000 for retirement has climbed to 43 percent from 39 percent last year.

For the cost of building a small wind farm one could reasonably build several standard coal-burning power plants, and likely produce more electricity overall.

Since hitting bottom one year ago each index has rallied more than 50 percent, but the long-term trend does not necessarily mean we will see more rallies throughout trading today.