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Stocks are off the Lows, Manufacturing Data Comes in Mixed Last Updated 3:00PM EST Heading into the final hour of trading, equity markets are off the lows but still in the red. As of 3:00 p.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the S&P 500 (SPX), and the Nasdaq 100...
Amazon remains in consumer discretionary. (For now, anyway, because sometimes stocks change sectors.) Why do sectors matter? By tracking sectors, you can learn a lot about the performance of the market and the entire economy. Sure, you could check the last 10 years of SPX performance and ...
The VIX generally rises when stocks fall, and declines when stocks rise. How Does the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Work? The VIX attempts to measure the magnitude of price movements of the S&P 500 (i.e., its volatility). The more dramatic the price swings are in the index, the higher ...
(Wednesday market close)Stocks in the U.S. plunged Wednesday afternoon, closing sharply lower as traders reacted to news that theFederal Reservemay not deliver the degree of rate-easing in 2025 that had been expected. Major indexes had been higher ahead of the conclusion of the Fed's last ...
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It measures “how stocks are doing”: Since the S&P 500 captures 80% of the public stock available in the US, it’s a helpful measurement of how the US stock market is doing in general. It’s a benchmark against your portfolio: Investors may own a collection of stocks, which they cal...
which was the case in Thursday’s tape, the market reaction is considered “underwhelming” because of a few mega-cap tech stocks finally taking a breather. It suggests to me that from a technical perspective, the market, as measured by the SPX, has been considered vulnerable even as it ca...
Palantir joined the S&P 500 SPX in September, while Vistra entered in May. The three companies hit on the theme of artificial intelligence in different ways, with Palantir showcasing what the technology can do in the software space. The enterprise software company, ...
stocks to continue rising, but largely forecast returns to remain far below average for the S&P 500 SPX next year, according to several forecasts viewed by MarketWatch this month. On Monday, Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research said it is “achievable” for the S&P 500 to reach...