S&P 500 Stock Index

News

1. Stocks Open Lower, Pushing S&P 500 Down From High

   Mon, 7 Jan 2013

   67 points to 13,368 as of 10:15 a.m. EST Monday. The S & P 500 dropped seven points to 1,459. The Nasdaq composite fell Dec. 31, 2008. The stock rose 8 cents to $12.19. The S & P 500 closed at a five-year high Friday after a report showed that
2. Stocks Open Lower; S&P 500 Eases From 5-Year High

   Mon, 7 Jan 2013

   Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, pulling the S & P 500 index down from a five-year high it reached last week. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 72 points to 13,364 shortly after the
3. Stocks Off to Strong 2013 Start

   Mon, 7 Jan 2013

   on Wall Street could be as good as the first week. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are up 4.5 percent since January 1. The S & P 500 index is at the highest level in five years. But this week's
4. Futures Slip After S&P Hits Pre-Recession Levels

   Mon, 7 Jan 2013

   point at 2,712. Investors appear to be taking some money off the table with the earnings season kicking off Tuesday. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on election day and on Friday closed at 1,466, the highest since December 2007. On Monday
5. Wall Street Cheers "Cliff" Deal, but Only for Now

   Sun, 6 Jan 2013

   end of the third quarter of last year, S & P 500 companies had accumulated more than $1 estimates that half of the stocks in the S & P 500 have a dividend yield that is higher than but it has rebounded since then. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on
6. Wall Street Cheers "Cliff" Deal, but Only for Now

   Fri, 4 Jan 2013

   end of the third quarter of last year, S & P 500 companies had accumulated more than $1 estimates that half of the stocks in the S & P 500 have a dividend yield that is higher than but it has rebounded since then. The S & P 500 is now 2 percent higher than it was on
7. How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared

   Fri, 4 Jan 2013

   For the week: The Dow is up 497.10, or 3.8 percent. The S & P 500 is up 64.04, or 4.6 percent. The Nasdaq is up 141.35 For the year: The Dow is up 331.07, or 2.5 percent. The S & P 500 is up 40.28, or 2.8 percent. The Nasdaq is up 82.15

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's trillion dollars in funds that track the S & P 500 index they have to buy shares. in the

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   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

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   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

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   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's

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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. 
   Stock Market Skyrockets After Fiscal Deal

   Wed, 2 Jan 2013

   All 30 dow jones stocks were up and more than 90% of the s & p 500 . The markets were optimistic that the economy wouldn't fall already been a good year. If you were invested entirely in the s & p 500 , the average 4) would have gained $10,000 in the last year

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   the s&p 500 , the average 4)
7. 
   S&P Warnings Prompts U.S. Stock Selloff

   Tue, 19 Apr 2011

   won'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

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   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