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The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, [5] is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and includes approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an ...
The stock market just opened on Thursday and the big story is earnings news. Let’s look at how major indexes are doing: S&P 500: +16.43 (+.30%) Nasdaq Composite: +38.03 (+.23%) Dow Jones ...
The upper cluster has two roughly parallel curvy plots using S&P 500 Monthly $ MAXIMUM values for the upper line and $ MINIMUM values for the lower line 1/1950 to latest on chart. The upper cluster has 2 straight lines a Best Fit Upper, and Best Fit Lower, which in effect represent one line with thickness or separation, value see chart legend.
In March 1957 the index was expanded to its current 500-stock structure and renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. Subsequently, closing beyond 50 for the first time in September 1958, the continued post-World War II boom in the United States would see the index nearly double to a closing price of 94.06 on February 9, 1966.
Robert Shiller's plot of the S&P 500 price–earnings ratio (P/E) versus long-term Treasury yields (1871–2012), from Irrational Exuberance. [1]The P/E ratio is the inverse of the E/P ratio, and from 1921 to 1928 and 1987 to 2000, supports the Fed model (i.e. P/E ratio moves inversely to the treasury yield), however, for all other periods, the relationship of the Fed model fails; [2] [3] even ...
Oracle stock rose after Trump announced a $500 billion deal involving the software giant on Tuesday. US stocks climbed higher on Wednesday as traders took in strong earnings reports, fueling the S ...
The analysts went on to suggest the S&P 500 index's component companies will generate earnings-per-share growth of 15.2% in 2025, outpacing this year's 10% growth.
The other 494 companies in the S&P 500 are expected to see a 10.5% decline. Five of those companies — Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta — are set to report quarterly results this week.