^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,727.76 |
| Open | 2,723.60 |
| Volume | 1,683,086,480 |
| Day's Range | 2,714.99 - 2,727.36 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,403.59 - 2,872.87 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,460,667,968 |
Yahoo Finance Video•23 hours ago"Market recap for Friday, May 25th"
Stocks dropping and oil getting slammed ahead of the holiday weekend. This is The Final Round.
- MarketWatch•4 hours ago
The stock market is poised for its best May in 9 years—but the coming week is crucial
Indeed, the S&P 500 index (^GSPC) is staged for the best May performance in nine years, boasting a month-to-date return of 2.8% thus far, while the Dow Jones Industrial (^DJI) also headed for the best May since 2009, according to FactSet data. Back in 2009, the Dow booked a 4.1% return for May as the S&P 500 returned 5.3% that month. The Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) is the outperformer, on track for a May return of 5.2%, which would represent the technology-tilted index’s best rise for that month since 2005, when it advanced by 7.63%.
- MarketWatch•5 hours ago
Americans are hoarding money in their checking accounts — and that could be a problem
How much money is in your checking account? Markets are experiencing another period of volatility this week, and new research suggests checking account customers are doing something that indicates they don’t feel as secure as they would like about the economy. Moebs Services, an economic-research firm in Lake Bluff, Ill., analyzed over 12,000 depository call reports and compared them to the Federal Reserve monetary data for 2017.
Associated Press•6 hours agoThe highest-paid CEOs by state
Here are the top-paid CEOs by state for 2017, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. The survey considered only publicly traded companies with more than $1 billion in ...
Associated Press•6 hours agoWomen CEOs still a rarity, but pay tops that of men
Female CEOs remain scarce at the biggest publicly traded companies but those who hold the top job receive pay competitive with male peers. Topping the list of highest-paid female CEOs is Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, whose compensation was $25.9 million. Debra Cafaro, CEO of real estate investment trust Ventas came in second at $25.3 million.
Associated Press•6 hours agoFor CEOs, $11.7 million a year is just middle of the pack
Chief executives at the biggest public companies got an 8.5 percent raise last year, bringing the median pay package for CEOs to $11.7 million. Across the S&P 500, compensation for CEOs is often hundreds of times higher than typical workers. The pay increase matches the bump that CEOs received in 2016, according to salary, stock and other compensation data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press.
- MarketWatch•8 hours ago
Here’s why stock investors should hope that corporate earnings growth shrinks
Many investors find it surprising that, in the wake of the fastest growth rate in corporate profits in many years, the U.S. stock market is struggling. Over the past nine decades, the stock market on average has hardly produced any gain in calendar quarters in which year-over-year earnings growth is as strong as it is currently. GAAP earnings per share for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) are projected to be 36.7% higher than the comparable quarter of a year ago, according to Standard & Poor’s. That compares to an average of just 5.9% average annual growth since the late 1980s.
- FX Empire•11 hours ago
Treasury Yields Finish Week Lower in Reaction to Dovish Fed Minutes, Safe-Haven Buying
Renewed geopolitical tensions also continued to drive investors into the safety of U.S. Treasurys, driving down yields.
- FX Empire•15 hours ago
S&P 500 shows slight bullish pressure during the week
The S&P 500 has been reasonably quiet during the week, as we have traded in a tight range. However, we have recently rallied over the last couple of weeks, so it looks very likely that we will continue to go much higher.
- FX Empire•15 hours ago
S&P 500 very volatile ahead of the weekend
The S&P 500 was very volatile on Friday, ahead of the big Memorial Day weekend in the United States. The CFD markets might be open on Monday, but quite frankly the underlying S&P 500 won’t continue trading until Tuesday.
- Barrons.com•16 hours ago
[$$] World's Best CEOs: 30 Leaders With Talent to Spare
Big-company earnings per share swelled nearly 25% during the first quarter, the biggest gain since 2010. Exceptional chief executives are preparing for tomorrow’s challenges by putting today’s cash windfall to good use. Others are arms dealers to companies investing online, including list newcomers James Whitehurst at Red Hat (RHT) and Jayshree Ullal at Arista Networks (ANET).
- The Wall Street Journal•17 hours ago
U.S. Stocks Stall as Oil Falls and Global Worries Mount
U.S. stocks stalled Friday but hung on to weekly gains, as tumbling oil prices and worries over political risks from North Korea to Italy kept investors on guard ahead of the holiday-lengthened weekend. Stock indexes around the world struggled to gain ground this week as geopolitical rifts drove investors into relatively safe assets such as government bonds and gold.
- The Wall Street Journal•17 hours ago
[$$] Best-Paying Industry? It’s Not Banking
Most companies that pay six figures to the majority of their workers aren’t big banks or money managers, but biotech firms that rely on medical researchers, and energy and technology companies with a large number of engineers and technical staff. Nearly half of those were in the energy industry, including oil and gas drillers, refiners and electric utilities. Together, the energy companies employ more than 600,000 people, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of federal filings and company-employment data from S&P Global Market Intelligence Capital IQ.
- The Wall Street Journal•17 hours ago
Netflix Is Now as Big as Disney
The milestone for Netflix is the latest sign that investors remain faithful to the handful of technology and internet firms that have powered the broader market in the past few years.
