^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,749.76 |
| Open | 2,760.79 |
| Volume | 2,887,234,463 |
| Day's Range | 2,752.68 - 2,764.17 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,405.70 - 2,872.87 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,482,119,047 |
- The Wall Street Journal•1 hour ago
[$$] Big Media Firms Pay CEOs More for Less
Chief executives in the media and telecom industries made twice as much as their peers in the S&P 500 even though the group’s performance came up short. The median pay for industry CEOs was $28.7 million in 2017, more than double the overall median of $12.1 million for the heads of all S&P 500 companies, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of pay data from MyLogIQ LLC. Media and telecom companies posted a median total negative return of 3.8%, compared with a positive return of around 19% for all S&P 500 companies.
- Bloomberg•2 hours ago
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day
In a widely expected move, China cuts banks’ required reserve ratio, Turkey’s Erdogan claims election victory amid protests and a roundup of OPEC. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about today. China’s central bank will cut the amount of cash some lenders must hold as reserves, unlocking about 700 billion yuan ($108 billion) of liquidity, as it seeks to control leverage and support smaller companies. The required reserve ratio for some banks will drop by 0.5 percentage point, effective July 5, the People’s Bank of China said on its website Sunday.
- CNBC•3 hours ago
Tech could soon turn into the market's headache: Wells Fargo's Chris Harvey
The proliferation of die-hard tech bulls is making one analyst fearful that the end of its reign might be close. A turn for tech stocks would spell trouble for the rest of the market, warns Chris Harvey of Wells Fargo. The technology sector has been riding high this year with the seemingly invincible FANG names leading the way.
- MarketWatch•4 hours ago
Stock-market leaders yet to be undercut by trade-war fears
The threat of a full-blown trade war isn’t having the impact on investor sentiment and stock prices that might be expected judging by double-digit gains for the Nasdaq and modest but positive returns for ...
Reuters•9 hours agoWall Street Week Ahead: Supercharged telecom sector could become investor favorite
An overhauled telecommunications sector featuring most of the so-called FANG stocks could debut as Wall Street's hottest bet when it kicks off in September, boosted by a rising wave of media and television acquisitions. Long viewed as stodgy stocks for dividend-oriented investors, the telecom services sector (.SPLRCL) will be renamed communications services and supercharged with the addition of Facebook (FB.O), Netflix (NFLX.O) and Google-owner Alphabet (GOOGL.O) - three of the four FANGs, along with Amazon - as well as other companies that have driven the stock market to record highs in recent years. The changes are part of the largest-ever shakeup of the stock market's broad business categories.
- MarketWatch•10 hours ago
Micron earnings prove the doubters wrong again
Opinion: Memory chip maker’s stock gains after it combats every doomsday scenario with results and forecastBloomberg News/Landov”The industry we operate within is structurally different than in the past,” Micron Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra said Wednesday. Micron Technology Inc. once again countered all the doubts surrounding its stock Wednesday, as executives forcefully contended that the current strength in memory markets is not just a cyclical upturn. Micron (MU) on Wednesday reported strong profit and sales gains with a forecast that showed confidence that demand for memory chips will continue, along with higher prices of those components.
- Motley Fool•12 hours ago
The Hidden Index Bubble
As passive indexing grows, so do the risks -- especially for the biggest stocks.
- Financial Times•17 hours ago
[$$] Are highflying tech shares too close to the sun?
Investors approach a new trading week focused on whether the surge in share prices for a handful of tech giants continues, while in the UK, there is no shortage of scepticism about the recent bounce in the pound as well as the prospect for stocks. Four of the five members of the group, which includes Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet, touched fresh highs last week. is up nearly 10 per cent this month compared with the S&P 500’s gain of less than 2 per cent. Without its own tech sector, the S&P 500 would be in the red for the year, according to Dow Jones S&P 500 Indices.
- Bloomberg•19 hours ago
Cash-Rich Japan Offers a Haven From U.S. Zombies
There are few places for investors to hide when a global trade war is about to erupt and the U.S. Treasury yield curve threatens to invert. Japan may be one. The nation’s stock market has been relatively calm this year, with the Topix index down less than 2 percent in dollar terms.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Here’s why Goldman says stock-market gains will be capped even as earnings rise
Stocks are set to rise, but won’t get much of an added lift from a pickup in corporate earnings, say Goldman Sachs analysts.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Here’s what could happen to Apple’s average selling prices in the next iPhone cycle
Apple Inc. has struggled to meet Wall Street’s expectations for iPhone units sales in recent quarters, but the company has surprised investors by getting consumers to pay ever more for its phones. Another high-ranking female member of the Trump administration was hounded out of a restaurant. The threat of a full-blown trade war isn’t having the impact on investor sentiment and stock prices that might be expected judging by double-digit gains for the Nasdaq and modest but positive returns for the S&P 500 so far this year.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
15 ways to make more money in your 401(k)
For many people, a 401(k) retirement plan is the biggest source of retirement savings. Unfortunately, most people don’t use their retirement funds to the best advantage. Most of these tips also apply to saving in an IRA.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Why no single stock sector will make or break an investor, in one chart
The following table, which looks at market returns over three different time horizons, shows that a portfolio that excludes a single industry — for example, the S&P 500, ex-energy — isn’t too different from the overall market in terms of performance. While GMO’s data looks at 10 distinct industry groups, the U.S. stock market is actually broken into 11.
- FX Empire•2 days ago
S&P 500 Weekly Price Forecast – S&P 500 finds support underneath
The S&P 500 fell during most of the week but turned around the show signs of life again towards the end of the week. The hammer being formed of course is a bullish sign and it shows just how much pressure is building up underneath, perhaps in a sign that we are going to explode to the upside.
- FX Empire•2 days ago
S&P 500 Price Forecast – S&P 500 rallies on Friday
The S&P 500 rallied a bit during the Friday session, gaining over 0.5% during the day. The market has found support at 2750, which of course is a large, round, psychologically significant figure.
- Barrons.com•2 days ago
Getting Started in Sustainable Investing
Wall Street has never been particularly concerned with making things easy for individual investors. Maybe that’s why understanding and assessing the world of sustainable investing can be challenging. It’s an umbrella term for a variety of investing styles that evaluate companies based on environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, factors, alongside traditional stock-picking metrics.
- Barrons.com•2 days ago
[$$] Why IPOs Are a Boom, Not a Bubble
Review | Dates to Watch For | U.S. Economic Calendar | Consensus Estimates | Coming Earnings | Coming U.S. Auctions The market for initial public offerings has been slow for years now amid a flood of private cash and high valuations for startups. There have been 93 IPOs in the U.S. this year, up 35% from this time a year ago. The one-year performance of the Renaissance IPO Index—a basket of recent issues—is up 23% over the last 12 months versus 15% for the S&P 500.
- Barrons.com•2 days ago
[$$] Big Banks Poised to Supersize the Buyback Boom
Big banks are expected to get the green light from the Federal Reserve this week to shower their shareholders with increased dividends and share repurchases. Announcements of capital returns could provide a needed lift to bank stocks. Among the biggest banks, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) may raise its dividend by about 50%, boosting its yield to 3%.
- Financial Times•2 days ago
[$$] Indices don’t just measure markets — they drive performance
This has been growing clearer for years, as both individual savers and big institutions yank money from “active” managers, who attempt to outperform the market using good stock selection, and into “passive” funds, which try only to track a benchmark index. The Dow Industrials is only a historical curiosity. , a chain of pharmacies, had taken GE’s place that they bid its stock up by 3 per cent, on Wednesday.
- Investing.com•2 days ago
Top 5 Things That Moved Markets This Past Week
Investing.com – Top 5 things that rocked U.S. markets this week
- Barrons.com•2 days ago
After the Bell: And Just Like That, the Dow's Back in Black
Stocks ended mixed again on Friday, although the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to snap its eight-day losing streak. •...unwind Red Hat's (RHT) double-digit plunge. Markets couldn't make a clean sweep Friday, but it was the Nasdaq that was the laggard.
- MarketWatch•2 days ago
Beware of the Russell 2000, but should you buy the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
The four major markets are the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), S&P 500 Index (^GSPC), Nasdaq 100 Index (XNAS:NDX) and Russell 2000 Index (^RUT). Some might argue that the Nasdaq Composite Index (^IXIC) is more important than the Nasdaq 100, but the Nasdaq Composite also has many small-cap stocks that are already included in the Russell 2000, so the Nasdaq 100 is a better indicator overall. With that, the Russell 2000 and the Nasdaq 100 are higher-beta markets, but with one material difference.
- Market Realist•2 days ago
Did the S&P 500 Rebound Help the Leading Economic Index?
The S&P 500 Index ended May with gains of ~2.2% after declining for three consecutive months since January. The S&P 500 Index is still posting positive returns so far in June and remains in positive territory for the year. The Conference Board uses the performance of the S&P 500 Index as one the constituents of the LEI (Leading Economic Index).
- Motley Fool•2 days ago
What Happened in the Stock Market Today
On a day stocks advanced, CarMax reported better-than-expected quarterly results, and Red Hat issued a forecast that disappointed investors.
