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Vanguard jumps on the ETF share-split bandwagon
The surging bull market for stocks has increased the need to split shares to keep prices manageable for investors.
Finding diversification beyond market-cap-weighted indexes
The equally weighted S&P 500 index has outperformed its cap-weighted counterpart this year.
Advisers scramble to make sense of recent market volatility
As broad market indexes continue to decline, giving back most of the gains they've made so far this year, advisers say clients are growing fearful of a repeat of March 2020.
Latest gold ETF times the market so advisers don’t have to
The fund rebalances gold and cash based on recent market volatility. It marks the first product from Wilshire Phoenix after the firm spent much of the past two years trying to get a bitcoin ETF approved by the SEC.
Advisers predict only partial return to normal in 2021
Advisers have been largely optimistic about stock indexes since markets began their initial rebound from the COVID-19 shock, but the gap between their expectations for equities and the overall economy has narrowed.
What Tesla’s entry into the S&P 500 means for portfolios
The move marks the single largest addition in the history of the index
Citadel trading chief says Tesla poses risk to other S&P 500 stocks
As funds that track the benchmark add the carmaker’s shares, they will dump an equal amount of stock in existing members, producing intense selling pressure
10 companies with the longest records of raising dividends
While some companies have announced dividend cuts recently, others have long histories of making such payments
Stocks plunge most since financial crisis
The rout, spurred by tumbling oil prices and growing fear of the coronavirus, put the vitality of the longest-ever bull market in jeopardy
Wall Street’s top S&P 500 bull is less upbeat about 2020
Deutsche Bank's chief global strategist sees the benchmark ending 2020 at the same level he's predicting for the end of this year.
S&P 500 ETF separates truth from turbulence
The trading volume on SPY can serve as a decent leading indicator for equities.
Stock investors make $6 billion bet on S&P 500 ETFs
Big inflows last week show investors are 'all-in on equities,' analyst says.
Inside the S&P 500: Adds, drops and tall tales
The idea that one could profit from buying a stock as soon as possible after its addition to an index is announced, then selling it when it enters the index is tempting.
Bullish Super Bowl theory hits snag as S&P 500 extends drop
Super Bowl predictor may be irrational but has better track record than many stock pickers.
John Hussman: How to value the S&P 500 now
It is impossible to properly estimate long-term cash flows based on a single year of earnings, regardless of whether one uses actual net earnings or projected operating earnings.
