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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Selena Maranjian :: Townhall.com Columnist
An Index-Driven Stock Surge?
by Selena Maranjian
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Do you believe the Executive Order Bart Stupak and President Obama came to agreement on over abortion language in the healthcare bill is good enough?

This year, as every year, the major stock indexes have made a few roster changes. Many index components have simply been shuffled around -- either promoted or demoted to a new index. But despite that seemingly arbitrary movement, these alterations could have big consequences for the stocks involved.

Here are just a handful of the stocks moving up or down the Wall Street ladder:

Index

Added

Removed

S&P 500

Visa (NYSE: V)

Ciena (Nasdaq:  CIEN)

S&P 500

Mead Johnson Nutrition

MBIA (NYSE:  MBI)

S&P 500

Ross Stores  (Nasdaq: ROST)

Dynegy (NYSE: DYN)

S&P Midcap 400

Ciena

Blyth

S&P Midcap 400

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR)

Dycom Industries

S&P Smallcap 600 Continued...
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Selena Maranjian prepares the Fool's syndicated newspaper column, writes articles for Fool.com, has coordinated the Fool's annual Foolanthropy charity drive, and has written a number of Fool books, among other things.

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