Originally published December 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM | Page modified December 7, 2013 at 2:25 AM
NEW YORK — Good news was finally good news for the stock market on Friday.Stocks rose sharply after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy.The strengthening job market […]
The S&P 500 hit 1709 a few weeks back and has since been dropping precipitously, we are now down roughly 3.7% from that level in a short period of time. Heading into today, we’ve been negative 4 days straight and have seen losses during 9 of the last 11 days on both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial […]
Originally published November 29, 2013 at 8:33 AM | Page modified November 30, 2013 at 1:35 AM
NEW YORK — The stock market fizzled Friday at the end of a holiday-shortened trading day, but still logged its longest streak of weekly gains in a decade.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index ended down one point, or 0.1 percent, to 1,805.81. […]
Investopedia explains ‘Stock Market’
The stock market lets investors participate in the financial achievements of the companies whose shares they hold. When companies are profitable, stock market investors make money through the dividends the companies pay out […]
Question: I’m trying to decide which would make a better core equity holding: an S&P 500 index fund or a total stock market index fund. What should I take into consideration? Answer: Given the increasing popularity of index funds–which account for about one out of every six dollars invested in equity mutual funds and the vast majority of assets invested […]
EmailStocks have been on a tear, major indexes hit record highs on Monday and some analysts expect the bull market to continue into 2014.At the end of the day Monday, the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index closed at 1,791.53, up 2.7 percent from one month prior and up 7.44 percent over the past 6 months. During trading on Monday, the […]
Songdo City, Part 1: ‘Nudge’ Paternalism in the Big Data City[Part 1 of the 3-part series on Songdo City, South Korea]The world’s first “smart city” is nearing completion. Called an “aerotropolis” by some, Songdo will be an industry hub for international business travel. A clean-tech Startup City of sustainable urban life. A Korean ‘Big Apple’ imitating the density, structure, and […]
Homebuilders have been on everyone’s radar lately, and for a good reason: They have been outperforming the S&P500 by a wide margin. The good news is that the rally has been propelled by an improvement in the industry and company fundamentals. The bad news is that the last time the sector was on everyone’s radar was 2007. We all know […]
