^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,634.56 |
| Open | 2,634.92 |
| Volume | 652,426,291 |
| Day's Range | 2,612.67 - 2,635.05 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,352.72 - 2,872.87 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,718,761,612 |
Yahoo Finance•16 hours agoWarren Buffett explains how you could've turned $114 into $400,000 with a simple long-term investment
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett explains a simple investing strategy that would've made you a fortune, that could make you a fortune in the years to come.
Yahoo Finance Video•23 hours ago2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting
Yahoo Finance is the exclusive online host of the Berkshire Hathaway 2018 Annual Shareholders Meeting, coming Saturday, May 5th. For the third year this event is being live-streamed for all of the world to see. Investors and non-investors alike can witness history, live, as Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and his right-hand man Charlie Munger share their unscripted views on the company, the markets, the economy, corporate governance, and a lot more.
- Market Realist•6 minutes ago
Analyzing Natural Gas’s Upward Journey
On April 24, natural gas June 2018 futures rose 1.4% and settled at $2.81 per MMBtu (million British thermal units). On April 17–24, natural gas June futures rose 1.6%.
- MarketWatch•10 minutes ago
FTSE 100 drops after rising bond yields spur selloff on Wall Street
U.K. stocks dropped Wednesday, with the blue-chip market’s winning streak at risk as elevated U.S. bond yields triggered a selloff on Wall Street.
- MarketWatch•12 minutes ago
Markets are behaving strangely, and this new data suggests bank customers are too
Checking account customers have all been doing the same thing in recent months.
- MarketWatch•16 minutes ago
Stock investors think 2018 will be a ‘lost’ year — are they right?
It’s likely that any correction wouldn’t turn into a bear market, says Simon Maierhofer.
- TheStreet.com•26 minutes ago
Stocks Trade Lower as Rates Continue Rising; Boeing Holds Gains
Stocks trade lower on Wednesday, after stronger-than-expected earnings from Boeing and Twitter fail to steady some investors' concerns over the fate of corporate profitability in the face of rising bond ...
- Reuters•31 minutes ago
US STOCKS-Twitter, tech stocks hit as Wall St turns lower
U.S. stocks headed lower on Wednesday with technology bearing the brunt of falls soon after opening as investors worried over rising bond yields, corporate costs and rising trade tensions with China. The Wall Street Journal also reported the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Chinese tech company Huawei Technologies Co over U.S. sanctions on Iran, potentially adding to tensions with Beijing.
- Barrons.com•32 minutes ago
Markets Now: Dow Drops 147 Points as Yields Rise for All the Wrong Reasons
Want to know why the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes are doing what they're doing? This morning's decline seems like more like a hangover from yesterday than based on anything new.
- MarketWatch•37 minutes ago
Estee Lauder expands paid parental leave to 20 weeks and other family benefits
Estee Lauder Cos. said Wednesday that it is expanding its family benefits, including 20 weeks of paid parental leave irrespective of gender effective May 1, 2018. Other benefits include six weeks of back-to-work ...
- CNBC•48 minutes ago
Everyone's watching the 10-year yield, but this is the real rate that matters
With market volatility on the rise, the shorter-duration note's 2.5 percent yield makes for an attractive risk-free alternative to stocks. While the 10-year Treasury note is garnering all the headlines, investors might be better off watching much shorter duration bonds to figure out what's really happening in the markets. The government's benchmark debt instrument saw its yield pass 3 percent Tuesday , a four-year high that ostensibly helped to trigger a violent stock market reversal that saw the Dow industrials close lower by about 425 points.
Associated Press•56 minutes agoStocks sink again as materials costs and interest rates rise
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slumping Wednesday after a steep drop the day before as investors continued to worry that growing costs for critical materials along with rising interest rates will affect profit growth for companies. Stock indexes in Europe and Asia are also taking losses. U.S. bond yields are rising again.
- MarketWatch•59 minutes ago
Twitter stock turns lower after the open
Shares of Twitter Inc. are now trading down 7% in Wednesday morning trading, after initially rising as much as 5% after the open. The stock was up as much as 14% in premarket trading following the company's ...
- Zacks•1 hour ago
Leisure Stocks' Q1 Earnings Due on Apr 26: HLT, MGM and More
While HLT & STAY in the hotel space are poised for growth, MAT is likely to contradict the consumer discretionary sector's positive trend.
