^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 | 3,461,239,682 |
- Financial Times•6 hours ago
[$$] Will the eurozone become a real worry for investors?
A blockbuster run of merger and acquisitions, made possible by rising debt levels, has raised alarm in some quarters that the ageing business and credit cycle is nearing an end. As June beckons, meetings of policymakers at the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank will be important events as investors stay glued to a series of key barometers that will offer signals over whether market stresses will intensify.
- Forbes•12 hours ago
The Week Ahead: Where To Invest In The Improving Market
The stock market battle between the bulls and the bears continued last week and the bulls again came out on top. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.08% for the week while the interest rate-sensitive Dow Utilities gained 3.28%. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 25: Activists gather in front of the U.S. embassy to demand peace for the Korean peninsula after the cancellation of the U.S. and North Korea summit on May 25, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. Last week, the S&P futures were under some serious selling pressure, as the New York Stock Exchange opened lower Wednesday and Thursday.
- FX Empire•14 hours ago
S&P 500; US Indexes Fundamental Daily Forecast – Mixed on Friday, but Up for Week
Chatter late Friday and Saturday suggests the U.S.-North Korea meeting may be back on if you believe the news reports. This could be very bullish for stocks if you combine it with last week’s dovish Fed minutes.
- MarketWatch•18 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•20 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•20 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•20 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•20 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•22 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•yesterday
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•yesterday
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•yesterday
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•yesterday
[$$] 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•yesterday
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•yesterday
[$$] 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•yesterday
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.
- Investing.com•yesterday
Top 5 Things That Moved Markets This Past Week
Investing.com – Top 5 things that rocked U.S. markets this week
Reuters•yesterdayInvestors find little appetite for consumer staples
The sector, which includes suppliers of so-called recession-proof items ranging from toilet paper and toothpaste to canned soup and cookies, has fallen 13 percent in 2018, on track for its first annual decline since 2008, while the S&P 500 (.SPX) is up 1.7 percent year-to-date. Investors have been turning away from staples companies because they are grappling with changing consumer preferences, fierce competition and other obstacles to raising prices even as their costs swell. On top of this, the sector - long viewed as a defensive play partly because of its high dividends and predictable growth rate - faces tough competition from fixed income investments while U.S. Treasury yields are rising, and from other equities as most industry groups are generating faster earnings growth.
- Barrons.com•yesterday
After the Bell: Dow Zigs, Zags and Who Knows Where It's Headed Next
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid today along with just about everything else. Nothing could be done to please stock, oil, or commodities investors Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, crude, and even gold were bleeding ahead of the long weekend. Bullish patterns have been a disappointment in the last few months, but they are “at our backs,” writes Frank Cappelleri, Instinet technical analyst.
Associated Press•yesterdayFor 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•yesterday
Why mutual fund managers on a hot streak may be too good for your money
Instead, the hot hands of even the best investors must eventually cool because their success attracts too much money and eventually overwhelms their market-beating abilities. The key to finding a market-beating investment adviser, therefore, is to find someone after they’ve played their hot hand but before they’ve attracted too much money. Bill Miller, former manager of the Legg Mason Value Trust (LMVTX) , (now ClearBridge Value Trust) is the investment arena’s poster child of an adviser whose incredibly hot hand suddenly became as cold as ice.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Why you probably have less money invested in stocks than you should
Investing confidence has more to do with you than your ageDMAMBMCMDMEMGZBZBRZDZQZRZSZTZUIt is risky to ride a bicycle blindfolded. It is risky to walk over broken glass barefoot. It is risky to drink a hot beverage without checking its temperature.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Abiomed to join S&P 500, stock slips after hours
Abiomed Inc. will join the S&P 500 index replacing Wyndham Worldwide Corp. , S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Friday. The Danvers, Mass. based medical device company is expected to move to the S&P 500 before ...
Reuters•2 days agoS&P 500 companies return $1 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge
S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced by Republicans, a report on Friday showed. In the 12 months through March, S&P 500 companies paid out $428 billion in dividends and bought up $573 billion of their own shares, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices analyst Howard Silverblatt. Earnings per share of S&P 500 companies surged 26 percent in the March quarter, boosted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Republican lawmakers in December.
Reuters•2 days agoS&P 500 companies return $1 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced by Republicans, a report on Friday showed. In the 12 months through March, S&P 500 companies paid out $428 billion in dividends and bought up $573 billion of their own shares, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices analyst Howard Silverblatt. Earnings per share of S&P 500 companies surged 26 percent in the March quarter, boosted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Republican lawmakers in December.
