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...This means that the S&P 500 relies to an even greater extent on hope rather than fundamentals....
...The combined $250m investment in Diameter from alternative asset managers Apollo Global Management and Corbin Capital, and the pension fund of renewable energy company Babcock & Wilcox, also hints at a shift...
.../ From Carol Wilcox, Christchurch, Dorset, UK...
...Its S&P 500 Index Fund has drawn more than $14bn in assets. The fourth largest manager of equity index funds is T Rowe Price, with $19bn in such assets....
...Elsewhere, the S&P 500 in dollar terms eclipsed this year’s gain in Japan’s Nikkei 225, as US equities continue to defy some already weighty valuations....
...Citigroup, the only member of the S&P 500 to lose such a vote so far this year, is the highest- profile victim. Not everyone sees this as a radical stirring....
...Earlier in the day the S&P 500 touched its lowest intra-day level since November....
...To win the deal, the engineering support services group outbid rivals including Amec and Babcock & Wilcox....
...“But railroads are by definition capital intensive businesses and if you look at it from the viewpoint of how this affects your other investments – GM, Toyota or any one of 45 S&P companies – voting for...
...At the end of July, the S&P 1500 Regional Banks index was down about 46 per cent for the year to date....
...The meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m. on March 18, 2009....
...Fitch and S&P both rate the new bonds at CCC+. These contain a “Pik toggle” – an option for the borrower to pay coupons in the form of new bonds rather than cash....
...Cablevision’s debt is rated in the junk category of B2 by Moody’s and B+ by S&P....
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