Search Results for: S&P 500
Asian Stocks Track S&P 500 Gains; Aussie Rises as RBA Stays Put
November 3rd, 2015
Stocks rise from Sydney to Seoul as holiday closes Tokyo S&P 500 topped 2,100, back to pre-yuan devaluation levels Asian stocks climbed after signs of stabilization in global manufacturing activity helped drive the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to ...
Bottom Line for S&P 500 Is Top Line as Price-Sales Ratio Expands
February 9th, 2015
The bottom line for this bull market may turn out to be the top line. After a six-year run in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, corporate revenue, not corporate profits, is flashing red. Judged against sales, the index ...
Crude, Copper and the S&P 500
December 2nd, 2014
Why the Fed Bubble Is Likely to Burst After more than five years of aggressive accommodation from the world’s central banks, there are many charts that suggest the tremendous run-up in the risk assets during this time period is likely to ...
Dow, S&P 500 set record highs in light volume
November 12th, 2014
The Dow and S&P 500 eked out a fifth session of record closing highs on Tuesday, barely extending the market’s recent rally in light volume as consumer discretionary shares gained. The S&P 500’s top percentage gainer was Zoetis, which jumped 8.9 ...
Stocks: Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs
November 11th, 2014
Wall Street continued to march further into record territory Monday as the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs again. Investors have been pushing stocks higher on signs the U.S. economy continues to improve and as corporate earnings come ...
Dow, S&P 500 close slightly lower; semis boost Nasdaq
November 4th, 2014
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed with slight losses on Monday after briefly touching intraday records, but strength in semiconductors boosted the Nasdaq. Monday’s subdued trading followed the Dow’s biggest weekly gain since January 2013 and the S&P’s ...
S&P 500 Rising at Five Times GDP Shows Recovery Priced In
October 27th, 2014
For almost six years, one of the most powerful bull markets on record has coexisted with the weakest economic recovery since World War II. This month’s selloff in stocks shows how much investors want that to change. In the ...
Stocks fall as S&P 500 breaks 4-day winning streak
October 23rd, 2014
Dow drops 153 points and falls back into the red for the year. Stocks fell Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back into the red for the year and breaking the S&P 500’s four-day winning streak. The market ...
Stocks rise: S&P 500 up for 3rd straight day
October 21st, 2014
Nasdaq also rises for a third straight day and the Dow comes back from a 120-point drop. Stocks closed higher Monday, adding to Friday’s strong rally as investors shake off last week’s volatile trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock ...
S&P 500 Short-Term Contracts See Trading Volume Jump
September 11th, 2014
In a market where stock volume is evaporating, volume in short-term options is surging. A daily average of 309,000 contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) that expire weekly have changed hands in the first four days ...
