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...If you have any exposure to the S&P 500, then the S&P 500, the biggest index on the planet, is dominated by these names. Claer Barrett Even global indices. Katie Martin Even the global indices....
...The main index in the US is the S&P 500. You can buy funds that contain all 100 companies in the Footsie for example, or 500 companies in the S&P....
...The latter trades on a price/earnings (p/e) ratio of 5.8 times, which he argues compares very favourably to US banks such as Citibank, which trade at more than 10 times....
...Claer Barrett is the FT’s consumer editor and author of the FT’s Sort Your Financial Life Out newsletter series; claer.barrett@ft.com; Instagram and TikTok @ClaerB....
...In a new paper, two Dallas Fed economists, Tyler Atkinson and Ron Mau, downplay the usefulness of money....
...(crowd cheers and claps) Now, that’s it for Money Clinic with me, Claer Barrett. And we hope you’ve enjoyed listening to this live episode....
...Claer Barrett is the FT’s consumer editor and the author of ‘What They Don’t Teach You About Money’. claer.barrett@ft.com Instagram @Claerb...
...So something like the FTSE 100 in the UK or the S&P 500 in the US. Claer Barrett Hmm. Now we’re getting into a kind of alphabet soup. ETF....
...(Ethan Wu) One good read Is it possible that Ron DeSantis ran the worst campaign ever?...
...George Steer I guess the big US stock indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite are at record highs....
...“Katie Martin, our markets editor, predicted that the S&P 500 would fall by more than 10 per cent....
...And on Wall Street, the S&P 500 has hit record highs this year. So what’s going on? Shouldn’t voters love all of this?...
...“As of this week, I decided I’m not going to vote for Trump, just because he’s not socially conservative enough for me,” said Moriah Barrett, a homemaker at the DeSantis event in Coralville....
...(Laughter) But in investment speak, what is p/e and how is it a useful way . . . Stuart KirkOK. Claer Barrett. . . of working out whether a company is worth its salt or not? Stuart KirkSure....
...Economic data: S&P Global publishes its manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ indices for the US....
...Claer Barrett Hi there, it’s Claer here....
...Markets: Wall Street is set to open lower today, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 stock futures down 0.1 and 0.05 per cent, respectively....
...The S&P 500 reached its highest level in more than a year yesterday ahead of the meeting....
...The S&P slashed its US rating to a double A plus back in 2011....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 stock index has fallen more than 5 per cent in September — dragging it towards its first quarterly loss in 12 months....
...It is not surprising to see the Florida governor Ron DeSantis stumble out of the gate as he begins testing the waters of presidential politics on the national stage (“DeSantis fuels Republican rift on Ukraine...
...“If we go into the autumn with demand rising and supply tight, that will continue to have upward pressure,” said Daniel Yergin, vice-chair of S&P Global....
...Now, anyone doing a tax return who needs to lay their hands on quite a few forms, beginning with the letter P, Deborah, could you just walk us through some of the common P forms and what they’re for?...
...Last week, rating agency S&P upgraded the country’s debt to investment grade....
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