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Dollar Rally Stalls as Traders Await S&P 500's Fate to Commit

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:33:50 +1200

The S&P 500 - the benchmark for speculative appetites - tempered a third consecutive daily drop from record highs, while the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (ticker = USDollar) failed to overtake 10,800.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

Should I Invest in These 5 FTSE 100 Shares?

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:33:54 +1200

To put that aim into perspective, the FTSE 100 has provided investors with a total return of around 3% per annum since January 2008.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Friday

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:30:40 +1200

Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday. Both the Dow and S&P 500 had their first weekly losses since the week ending April 19.
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

Fund managers raise S&P 500 futures net longs in latest week-CFTC

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:17:20 +1200

NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - Equity fund managers in the week ended May 21 raised their net long positions in S&P 500 futures contracts by 19,652 to 239,503, U.S.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

3 More Cheap FTSE 100 Growth Shares: BP, GKN, and Vedanta Resources

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:50:41 +1200

Resources company Vedanta Resources is one of the most volatile shares in the FTSE 100. In the last five years, the shares have lost almost half of their value.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

S&P 500 ETF Snaps Four-Week Rally After Goldman Sachs' Bullish Call

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:07:33 +1200

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) was on track for a weekly decline of more than 1% to end a four-week up streak as investors fretted over hints the Federal Reserve may scale back its bond purchases and a sell-off in Japanese stocks.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

Nothing Lasts Forever, Apparently Not Even Quantitative Easing

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:05:49 +1200

And that brings me back to what Benny was saying on two days ago. Just a few weeks ... If there is a correction - which there could be and there should be - it could be a few hundred Dow points or it could be few thousand Dow points. Look at what Japan ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

FTSE 100 ends volatile week with a near 1% fall

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:48 +1200

So after reaching a 13-year high of 6840 on Wednesday, the FTSE 100 dropped 2.1% on Thursday and fell another 0.6% or 42.45 points on Friday to 6654.34.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

How Bill Gross Topped the S&P 500

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:17:45 +1200

But Gross should also be recognized for another feat: operating stock funds that have surpassed the S&P 500. During the past five years, his PIMCO Fundamental IndexPLUS (PXTIX) returned 13.8% annually, compared with 6.1% for the S&P 500, according ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

Stocks open lower, Dow Jones industrial average down

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:05 +1200

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its first weekly loss after four weeks of gains.
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

High-Yield ETFs Down for Third Week, Diverge from S&P 500

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:13:10 +1200

The high-yield corporate bond ETFs are also diverging from the S&P 500, so the credit market doesn't seem to be confirming the latest bump higher in stocks.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM) Futures Analysis – May 24 2013

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:07:04 +1200

The June E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average opened lower on Friday. Worries about the Fed curtailing its aggressive stimulus program are still weighing on traders' minds.
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

3 FTSE 100 Shares for the Week Ahead

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:41:25 +1200

LONDON -- We've been in a busy reporting period for FTSE 100 companies with years and quarters ending in March. Things are starting to settle down a bit, with most having reported now, but there is still some good stuff to come.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

S&P 500 Closes Lower for a Third Session; Dow Ekes Out Gain

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:39:07 +1200

The S&P 500 shed 0.91 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 1649.60. The Nasdaq edged down 0.28 points, or 0.01 percent, to finish at 3459.14.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

NIKKEI 225 (NI225): Is Japan's Bull Market Over?

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:28:28 +1200

NIKKEI 225 (INDEXNIKKEI:NI225) U.S. investors have anxiously awaited even a small correction, yet the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.
Related Symbols: INDEX:NI225

More Evidence Hedge Funds Are an Expensive Way to Trail the S&P 500

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:27:53 +1200

For those who take delight in the so-called “smart money” underperforming the “dumb money,” here are some enjoyable new data points that show hedge funds continue to be an overpriced, middling asset class.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:07:45 +1200

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) Trying to Spark a Flatlining Dow If all you look at today is the 13-point loss in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI), you might make the mistaken assumption that the stock market had a calm day. But ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

Nikkei 225 Reverses Gains as Yen Climbs to 101 Against Dollar

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:38:38 +1200

Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average reversed gains as the yen strengthened to the 101 level against the dollar after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank had announced sufficient monetary easing.
Related Symbols: INDEX:NI225

CME Increases Margin Requirements on Nikkei 225 Index Futures

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:12 +1200

The initial margin for Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures will rise 33 percent to $3,300 per contract at the close of trading tomorrow, Chicago-based CME Group Inc. said in a statement.
Related Symbols: INDEX:NI225

Delta hopeful about returning to S&P 500

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:39 +1200

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) executives said they believe the company has “met every criteria” for re-inclusion in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:24 +1200

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 12.67 points, or 0.1 percent, to 15,294.50. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 4.84 points to 1,650.51, or 0.3 percent.
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

Amdocs Larger Than S&P 500 Component Jacobs Engineering Group

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:43:27 +1200

Another illustrative example is the S&P MidCap index which essentially takes the S&P 500 index and “tosses out” the biggest 100 companies so as to focus solely on the 400 smaller “up-and-comers” (which in the right environment can outperform their ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

The Great Bond Bull Market May Be Over, But The Bond Bulls Don't Know It Yet

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:20:00 +1200

Mike Burnick: As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) soared beyond 15,000 recently, investors are engaging in a heated debate about the longevity of the bull market in stocks - now more than four years old and counting.
Related Symbols: INDEX:DJI

£36.6bn wiped off value of FTSE 100

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:04:31 +1200

But analysts have been warning that the recent bull run of shares - which on Wednesday saw the FTSE 100 surge to its second-highest ever close - was bound for a correction amid the continuing malaise in the wider economy.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

FTSE 100 suffers heaviest drop for a year

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:35:31 +1200

Bullish investors had this week sent the benchmark index surging to its highest level since December 1999, taking it back to levels not seen since the infamous dotcom bubble.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE

S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite: Structure and Price Level Check

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:25:32 +1200

... a sudden (yet overdue) retracement took the major US Equity Indexes back to their rising 20 day moving averages, let's update the current structure and short term reference levels in the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.
Related Symbols: INDEX:COMP

Dividend Stocks 2013: Why 81% of S&P 500 Companies Want to Pay You

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:20:06 +1200

Collective dividends per share for Standard & Poor's 500 companies increased roughly 16% year-over-year in 2012. Meanwhile, the number of companies paying a dividend over that period reached a new 13-year high of 405, or roughly 81% of the S&P 500, ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

S&P 500: Stock Advisor Sentiment Suggests Sell-Off Ahead

Fri, 24 May 2013 05:04:49 +1200

If the percentage of S&P 500 companies showing revenues below expectations remains at 47%, by the time they are done reporting their corporate earnings, the first quarter of 2013 will be the third in the last four quarters that the S&P 500 companies ...
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

S&P 500 lower despite HP surge

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:51:32 +1200

The S&P 500 appeared likely to post a back-to-back daily drop amid investor concerns the US Federal Reserve's stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and after weak data in China.
Related Symbols: INDEX:SP500

3 FTSE 100 Dividends Lifted This Week

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:44:39 +1200

LONDON -- With the FTSE 100 soaring this year, the average dividend yield of the index is down to about 3%, with forecasts for 3.1%.
Related Symbols: INDEX:FTSE