Stocks were down across the board for the two-week period ended October 10, 2012. The Dow Jones Industrial and the S&P 500 were down -0.5% and -0.1%, respectively. The Valley 50 Index was down -0.1%, while the NASDAQ had the worst two-week period, down -1.4%. The best local performer over the past two-week period was Talon International, Inc. up 66.7%, with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. being the second best performer, up 10.1%. The worst local performers over the past two-week period were Image Entertainment and K-Swiss Inc. down -20.0% and -15.6%, respectively.