SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

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ThinkstockExchange traded funds (ETFs) almost undoubtedly have unseated mutual funds in their importance in the daily swings in the stock and bond markets. Mutual funds are still important to the...
This year already has been a great one for stocks. The S&P 500 Index is up almost 16% after Wednesday’s gains to 1,654 as of mid-day, and the bull market may get another boost if Morgan...
thinkstockInvestors almost always worry about a stock market crash, but when headwinds start to look stronger than the positive forces, they really start to worry that the rug can get yanked right...
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhat is a stock market crash? The short answer is that it depends on your risk profile. The financial media covers a one-day drop of 4% as though it were a crash....
ThinkstockThe hedge fund industry sure seems and looks different now when compared to a decade or two ago. We recently wrote about how the 2% and 20% pricing strategy long imposed on hedge fund...
ThinkstockHighlighted in a Fortune magazine article in 1966, an obscure investment vehicle called the hedge fund was outperforming every existing mutual fund by double-digit figures. By 1968, there...
David Tepper’s Appaloosa hedge fund is one of the most respected and closely watched funds on Wall Street. Tepper makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and often his comments alone...
The bull market is alive and well, and the S&P 500 recently broke 1,700 for the first time ever. So, what happens now that stocks have rallied and rallied as fears of an end of the Federal...
ThinkstockOne of the big reasons that investors look for stocks that may be added to the S&P 500 is that the stocks that make the cut immediately become targeted by portfolio managers that run...
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, July 18, 2013. They include Citrix Systems, eBay, Intel, SanDisk and Johnson &...
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. They include Adobe Systems, Ciena, McDonald's and Wells Fargo.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, July 15, 2013. They include NetApp, J.P. Morgan, UPS and Bank of New York.
This year truly has been a wonderful bull market year for stocks, with double-digit gains taking the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to new all-time highs. The confusion in...
ThinkstockIf there is such a thing as conventional wisdom in investing, which may be doubtful, one often touted rule is to avoid low-priced stocks. The most common reason given for this advice is...
Typically, large Wall St. firms suggest a broad asset allocation portfolio for their clients. Within the portfolio, they use a designated weighting for each stock that makes the cut. For the...