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Source: ThinkstockThe world equity markets did not react much to the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 in Ukraine, apparently hit by a missile. After a brief sell-off, most of the major indices were down...
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Source: Jon OggAll indexes are objects in motion, despite their static nature, and the S&P 500 is just like the rest. On the close of trading Friday, there will be the quarterly rebalancing for the...
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Source: Barrons.comThis past weekend’s edition of Barron’s may be solely responsible for driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to new highs on Monday. The Dow hit a new high of...
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Source: Jon OggOk, when indexes break (change) their rules they start setting investors up for serious disappointment and confusion down the road. S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced a revised...
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The Quantitative Strategies team at Jefferies closely monitors the index changes. 24/7 Wall St. screened the Jefferies list of stocks that will see major position adds for the rebalance. Some of them...
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Source: ThinkstockThis year was a banner one for initial public offerings (IPOs). Now many of those top names will be added to the Russell 2000 on December 20, 2013. What this means for investors is...
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Source: bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsA year ago, the idea that the Nasdaq Composite could reach its record high, set on March 10, 2000, seemed preposterous. That high was 5,132.52, and it had...
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Source: Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is getting the wish that many index investors have been hoping would happen. In fact, many index traders were expecting that...
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Source: courtesy of TwitterThere have been a long line of companies set up based on the ability to use Twitter Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTR) to predict the direction of the stock market, and to even forecast...
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Source: Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsStocks rise and fall for many reasons, many of which seem very counterintuitive. So what are investors supposed to take out of Wednesday’s stock market...
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Source: Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index has been challenging all-time highs yet again this week. Once the government got out of the way in Washington D.C. things got back on track. 2013 is turning out to be...
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Source: Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe bull market is alive and thriving now that Congress and the White House managed to cobble together a temporary agreement to end the government shutdown...
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Source: ThinkstockSmall investors thought the recent stock market rally was too good to be true. That means they may stay out of a market to which some legions never returned, as it became dominated...
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US index futures are higher this morning following the auction of 12- and 18-month Spanish debt. Demand was good, but yields on the 12-month bill rose from about 1.42% in March to 2.6% this month...
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US index futures are lower this morning mostly as a result of the lower than expected level of China’s GDP growth, which rose 8.1% in the first quarter, down sequentially from 8.9% (our coverage...
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