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STOCK MARKET SURGES TO ALL-TIME HIGH – Business Insider

The S&P 500 has just hit a new all-time high at 1851.55 this morning.The previous peak was on January 15, when the index hit 1850.84. After that, the market fell 6% through February 3. Since then, it has surged higher, erasing all of those losses and then some.This morning, the index is up 0.8%, trading above 1851.The chart below shows […]

Stock Market Rebound – Business Insider

After closing 2014 at a then-all-time-high of 1,848, the stock market (represented by the S&P 500) has been on a bit of a wild ride since the beginning of the year.It climbed to its now all-time high of 1,850 on Jan. 15, then tumbled all the way to 1,737 on Feb. 5.Turmoil in the emerging markets had market watchers everywhere […]

Deconstructed Global Stock Market Returns – Business Insider

In the long-run, earnings are without question the most important drivers of stock market returns.Dividends, which are a usually financed with earnings, are another big driver of total returns.In the short-run, however, returns can be effected tremendously by swings in the premium investors are willing to pay for those earnings. This is reflected by an expanding or contracting […]

Investors Are Asking About The Market Multiple – Business Insider

Deutsche BankStocks have soared a staggering 26% this year, far outpacing earnings growth.
And when stock returns outpace earnings growth, then the price-earnings (PE) multiple is expanding.”Year to date, 75% of the S&P return has come from its PE expanding to 16.5x from 13.7x trailing EPS at 2012 end,” wrote Deutsche Bank’s David Bianco in a recent note to clients.Forecasting what […]

Stock Market Definition | Investopedia

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 […]