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...with the S&P 500 index’s 13.1 per cent, according to FactSet data....
...Analysts anticipate a decline of 21.5 per cent in earnings of the S&P 500 companies during the current calendar year, according to FactSet, accompanied by a slide of 3.9 per cent in revenues....
...Nick leans towards a repeat of 2009 for the S&P 500 because the large weighting in tech companies should help to offset the uncertainties of a post-Covid-19 recovery that appears a lot tougher than cleaning...
...At current rates, the Big Three will control over a quarter of S&P 500 equity by 2028, up from one-fifth in 2018, according to a paper last year from the National Bureau of Economic Research in the US....
...The main impetus comes from a poor stretch for returns that has tested investor faith. Only 12 per cent of US equity mutual funds have surpassed their benchmarks over the past decade, according to S&P....
...In that time AstraZeneca’s gone up 187 per cent and is the FTSE 100’s biggest company. Mr Soriot hasn’t been shy in the past about suggesting he’s underpaid, though shareholders tend to disagree....
...As well, over 50 companies in the S&P 500 have already suspended their share repurchase programs, which accounted for over 25% of buybacks in 2019....
...With the new threat to sue from a coalition of US states, it’s going to be a tough call to make for the US regulator. DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...The benchmark S&P 500 index registered its first annual decline since the financial crisis in 2018, reflecting pessimism about the outlook for US corporate earnings....
...Even so, the 36.5-per-cent transfer was a better outcome than secured lenders feared -- senior loans actually rallied at first, according to LCD, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...Google, meanwhile, added a share class with no voting rights once it was already an S&P 500 member....
...bonds and 7.8 per cent for the S&P 500 index including dividends....
...The tech-heavy Nasdaq and the wider S&P 500 both declined in the same period....
...The S&P 500 Media index fell 5.5 per cent in 2015, according to data from Nielsen, the research group....
...guide to what happens next• QE with Chinese characteristics by Gabriel Wildau• The rise of the index: an essential series for investors and markets• ICYMI: Why traders flock to S&P 500 by Nicole Bullock...
...Materials dragged the S&P 500 down on Wednesday, falling 1.2 per cent, as copper prices fell to their lowest levels since 2009, prompted by heavy selling in China....
...S&P 500 ETFs look likely to remain a significant battleground in 2015....
...Market sentiment had been better in earlier trading following a rebound on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 per cent, helped by some encouraging earnings reports, after losing 2.7 per cent last week....
...S&P 500 average by 10 percentage points a year....
...closely allied fund buying a 20 per cent stake in a Chinese internet TV company Wasu Media Holding Co for more than $1bn on Tuesday....
...markets Nikkei 225 up +413.52 (+2.86%) at 14,863 Topix up +27.23 (+2.28%) at 1,222 Hang Seng up +132.52 (+0.59%) at 22,527 ASX 200 up +26.36 (+0.49%) at 5,439 US markets S&P 500 up +11.03 (+0.60%) at 1,840...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +178.96 (+1.16%) at 15,560 Topix up +8.25 (+0.65%) at 1,279 Hang Seng unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 23,366 US markets S&P 500 up +2.87 (...
...A falling rate environment could be positively painful. Companies can usually pre-pay the loans at any time, leaving investors to reinvest at lower rates....
...up +0.20% at 9,564 Topix up +0.28% at 790.95 Hang Seng up +0.45% at 22,350 Shanghai Composite up +0.99% at 2,049 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.52% at 538.79 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.52% at 5,931 Currencies...
...up +0.15% at 456.46 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.40% at 5,907 Currencies €/$ 1.29 (1.30) $/¥ 82.35 (82.39) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.34 at 107.37 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.12 at 86.14 100 Oz...
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