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As the year-end approaches, investors are in for a surprise about which stocks among those in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index spearheaded the unexpectedly robust stock market upswing in 2010.
By Frank Byrt, TheStreet.com BOSTON -- Many of the most highly rated mutual funds sought solace and safety in conservative large-company stocks last year as the European sovereign debt crisis ...
As RWW shows, the top 10 most-widely held stocks don't just show up in vanilla, large-cap ETFs indexed to the S&P 500. In fact, these stocks appear in smart-beta funds, style picks, sector funds ...
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value": [1]. Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day.
Buy-and-hold might not be dead but it sure doesn't work in a secular bear market. Anyone keeping tabs on his or her 401(k) knows all too well the deplorable returns generated by stocks over the ...
If you're looking for a few value stocks to start off the new year, consider these 10 picks. The theme is back to basics with a little something for everyone: energy, water, food, communications ...
The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index was established by the Wilshire Associates in 1974, naming it for the approximate number of issues it included at the time. It was renamed the "Dow Jones Wilshire 5000" in April 2004, after Dow Jones & Company assumed responsibility for its calculation and maintenance.
The Russell 2000 is by far the most common benchmark for mutual funds that identify themselves as "small-cap", while the S&P 500 index is used primarily for large capitalization stocks. It is the most widely quoted measure of the overall performance of small-cap to mid-cap company shares.