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  1. Jobless Claims Drop, Apple Moving Into Big-Box Stores

    Thu, 3 May 2012

    The question is has the Oracle lost his vision. Maybe people buy Berkshire Hathaway cult you even have to underperform the S & P 500 for but I millennium are too. long after all dad for people actually look askance at his performance. He's fine made it

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    people buy Berkshire Hathaway -- cult you even have to underperform the S&P 500 for but I millennium are too. -- long after all dad for people actually look askance at his performance. He's fine made

Latest S&P 500 Stock Index News

  1. News Summary: Trouble at Spanish Bank Hits Stocks

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    was spreading. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 75 at 12,455. AN UP WEEK: Despite the late swoon, the Dow and S & P 500 both had their first weekly gains in May. The increasing likelihood that Greece would exit the euro has pushed markets sharply

  2. How the Major Stock Indexes Fared on Friday

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    week: The Dow is up 85.45 points, or 0.7 percent. The S & P 500 is up 22.60 points, or 1.7 percent. The Nasdaq is up 58 year: The Dow is up 237.27 points, or 1.9 percent. The S & P 500 is up 60.22 points, or 4.8 percent. The Nasdaq is up 232

  3. US Stock Futures Mixed Ahead of Holiday

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    lack of a concrete plan to keep Greece in the European currency union. Dow futures are down 2 points to 12,534. S & P 500 futures are up half a point at 1,323. Nasdaq futures are up 7 points to 2,543. A rise in a consumer confidence indicator

  4. On Top of Big Salaries, Companies Pile on Perks

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    Equilar, an executive compensation data company, calculated the CEO pay data for the AP by examining the 322 companies on the S & P 500 that had filed the relevant regulatory disclosures by April 30. Equilar looked only at companies that had the same CEO for at

  5. Typical CEO Made $9.6M Last Year, AP Study Finds

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    there wasn't much immediate benefit for the shareholders. The S & P 500 ended the year unchanged from where it started. Including dividends the AP used Equilar data to look at the 322 companies in the S & P 500 that had filed statements with federal regulators through April

  6. Ask Matt: Do cheap stocks make more money for investors?

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    the P-E ratio may be a useful guide, but don't think of it as your ticket to riches. Below is a list of the 10 current S & P 500 stocks that had the lowest trailing P-E ratios on March 6, 2009, and the percent change in their stock price from then through

News

  1. How the Major Stock Indexes Fared on Thursday

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    far: The Dow is up 160.37 points, or 1.3 percent. The S & P 500 is up 25.46 points, or 1.9 percent. The Nasdaq is up 60 far: The Dow is up 312.19 points, or 2.6 percent. The S & P 500 is up 63.08 points, or 5 percent. The Nasdaq composite is

  2. Mutual Fund News: Facebook, Bill Gross, Vanguard

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    mutual fund investors: FACEBOOK IN YOUR S & P 500 FUND? BE PATIENT Technology stocks like billion-plus market cap requirement for S & P 500 membership. Yet it's far from satisfying One reason is that an addition to the S & P 500 typically triggers a rise in that stock

  3. Markets Recover Despite Lack of Euro Breakthrough

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    had suffered milder losses the day before — the Dow Jones industrial average was flat at 12,495 while the broader S & P 500 index rose 0.1 percent at 1,320. Earlier in Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 closed marginally higher at 8,563

  4. World Stocks Waver as Europe Holds Another Summit

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    jobless claims and durable goods orders for April. Dow Jones industrial futures fell 0.4 percent to 12,422 while S & P 500 futures were 0.4 percent down at 1,310.50. The likelihood of Greece leaving the euro has been growing since early

  5. How the Major Stock Indexes Fared on Wednesday

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    so far: The Dow is up 126.77 points, or 1 percent. The S & P 500 is up 23.64 points, or 1.8 percent. The Nasdaq is up 71 far: The Dow is up 278.59 points, or 2.3 percent. The S & P 500 is up 61.26 points, or 4.9 percent. The Nasdaq composite

  6. Expedia Shares Rose on Signs of Growth in Europe

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    Shares of Expedia increased $2.90, nearly 7 percent, to close at $45.61, making it the top gainer in the S & P 500 index Wednesday. TripAdvisor shares added $2.52, or 5.9 percent, to $45.15 — their highest close since the spinoff

  7. Skepticism Over EU Breakthrough Hits Markets

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    1.2650, near four-month lows. Wall Street was headed for a retreat, too, with both Dow futures and the S & P 500 futures down 0.7 percent. Europe's battle to contain its debt crisis, now well into its third year, is likely to remain

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Videos

  1. Buffett Hits the S&P

    Fri, 12 Feb 2010

    very big name is being added to the S & P 500 today and it will have investors Berkshire Hathaway coming into the S & P 500 be. One point 4% of the index it trillion dollars in funds that track the S & P 500 index they have to buy shares. in the

    S&P 500 found at 1:47, 2:05, 2:12

    on China for growth for a lot of international companies on the S&P 500 -- in the US. So when they do that we get concern -- stock market's slow because we want to be able
    the US and a very big name is being added to the S&P 500 today and it will have investors lining -- want it.
    That's right Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway coming into the S&P 500 -- be. One point 4% of the index it's really a huge company almost 200. Billion dollar company and they split the baby B shares a smaller shares down to about 75 dollars a -- the regular investors can get a hold of them. There are more than a trillion dollars in funds that track the S&P 500 index they have to buy shares. -- in the index proportional to the weight that they hold in the index here to
  2. Why Companies Aren't Hiring

    Tue, 17 Aug 2010

    to her regard big companies like such as those in the S & P 500 index . And nearly half of the earnings from those companies cash right now it's nearly a trillion dollars for the S & P 500 companies. And it's natural to why don't they spend

    S&P 500 found at 1:57, 2:37

    her -- regard big companies like such as those in the S&P 500 index. And nearly half of the earnings from those companies don't even come from the US economy come from overseas so. A
    ton of cash right now it's nearly a trillion dollars for the S&P 500 companies. And it's natural to -- why don't they spend some of that money to hire people. And it -- in Washington
  3. Beth Kobliner Answers Your Money Questions

    Thu, 29 Apr 2010

    being in the performance the stock market as a whole. And that's what they do that but in next isn't like the S & P 500 index and the best thing about index funds it. Low expenses that they money gatlin from a company like being or. Other

    S&P 500 found at 1:21

    they do that but -- in next -- isn't like the S&P 500 index and the best thing about index funds it. Low expenses that they -- money gatlin from a company like being --
  4. Major Milestone on Wall Street

    Fri, 20 Jul 2007

    concerns of a slowing housing market. But then yesterday the S & P 500 reached its highest levels ever a new milestone was hit businesses having big And if you're invested a broad ranging S & P 500 index . the Dow either through individual stocks or your company

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    on continued concerns of a slowing housing market. But then yesterday the S&P 500 reached its highest levels ever -- a new milestone was hit when the Dow closed about 141000. For the first time. Does it only took three months to get there some thirteen thousand so why -- change and what does it mean for you will at all that big businesses having big -- And if you're invested a broad ranging S&P 500 index. -- the Dow either through individual stocks or your company's 401K. Yeah pocketed nice -- change this week. But stocks like
  5. Investing Through the Ages

    Thu, 6 Sep 2007

    the short term. Investing in equities has historically offered solid growth over periods measured in years the broad S & P 500 index a good measure of the overall stock market. Has certainly had single years were posted negative growth. But the index

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    has historically offered solid growth over periods measured in years the broad S&P 500 index a good measure of the overall stock market. Has certainly had single years were posted negative growth. But the index has
  6. Jobless Claims Drop, Apple Moving Into Big-Box Stores

    Thu, 3 May 2012

    The question is has the Oracle lost his vision. Maybe people buy Berkshire Hathaway cult you even have to underperform the S & P 500 for but I millennium are too. long after all dad for people actually look askance at his performance. He's fine made it

    S&P 500 found at 5:40

    people buy Berkshire Hathaway -- cult you even have to underperform the S&P 500 for but I millennium are too. -- long after all dad for people actually look askance at his performance. He's fine made
  7. S&P Warnings Prompts U.S. Stock Selloff

    Tue, 19 Apr 2011

    t be able to come up with a credible deficit reduction Standard and Poor ' s warned that the United States may be subject to a credit today. It is a huge huge earnings week about a 20%. Of the S & P 500 will be reporting earnings this are talking about more than

    S&P 500 found at 5:15

    It is a huge huge earnings week about a 20%. Of the S&P 500 will be reporting earnings this -- are talking about more than a hundred companies coming out with their results. So that's what
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  1. Surprising Sears, Netflix Lead Best S&P 500 Start Since 1998
  2. Morgan Stanley Analyst Nails 2011 S&P 500 Call
  3. PHOTO: A trader signals in the S&P 500 Futures pit at the CME Group in Chicago, Sept. 21, 2011.
  4. VIDEO: Senate Banking Committee investigates Standard and Poor's credit downgrade.
  1. VIDEO: Standard and Poor?s lowers America's Triple A rating in wake of debt debacle.
  2. PHOTO: Standard and Poor's in New York
  3. PHOTO: Traders work in the S&P 500 options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, April 27, 2011, Chicago, Ill.
  4. Photo: Standard and Poor's adds growing internet movie retailer Netflix to the S&P 500 and drops the New York Times out of the stock index.

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