Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Dow Jones leads the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in today's trading. What's driving its outperformance? 3M (NYSE: MMM) is up nearly 5% after reporting earnings that surpassed expectations.
The Nasdaq Composite is an index that measures the performance of more than 3,000 securities, all listed on the Nasdaq stock market. Nasdaq was originally an acronym for “National Association of ...
As of this writing, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 2.9%, 2.3%, and 3.6%, respectively. Today, three Motley Fool contributors highlight some of their top ...
While stock market price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios are a poor tool for market timing, they're highly correlated with poor future returns. The higher the price you pay today, the lower your expected ...
The Nasdaq-100 is frequently confused with the Nasdaq Composite Index. The latter index (often referred to simply as "The Nasdaq") includes the stock of every company that is listed on Nasdaq (more than 3,000 altogether). [citation needed] The Nasdaq-100 is a modified capitalization-weighted index. This particular methodology was created in ...
In 1999, shares of Qualcomm rose in value by 2,619%, 12 other large-cap stocks each rose over 1,000% in value, and seven additional large-cap stocks each rose over 900% in value. Even though the Nasdaq Composite rose 85.6% and the S&P 500 Index rose 19.5% in 1999, more stocks fell in value than rose in value as investors sold stocks in slower ...
January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. This price propelled them to the most valuable company in the world at the time.
U.S. stock indexes closed their best week in two months with a flourish on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 334 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1.5%. All the ...