The S&P 500 opened today at 5,757.73. Within 30 minutes of trading, the benchmark index fell by 40.39 points, or 0.70%, to ...

The S&P 500 fell 0.9% on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, amid concerns about the economic impact of a strike by workers at major port ...

The various stock indexing and weighting schemes will shine at different times, but some approaches are designed to be immune ...

The S&P 500 (SP500) edged 0.42% higher on Monday to register its fourth consecutive quarter of gains, marking its longest ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 17.15 points, or 0.04%, to end at 42,330.15, a record closing high. It is the index's ...

The S&P 500 added 0.4% on Monday, Sept. 30, wrapping up the third quarter of 2024 at an all-time closing high.

In another morsel of encouragement for investors, the fourth quarter is typically the strongest period for stock returns.

So you may be asking yourself if this is still a good time to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 ...

The S&P 500 index recorded impressive gains of 20% so far in 2024 to hit a level of around 5,740 points as of this writing, ...

3. The S&P 500 doesn't consider withdrawals. When you're saving for retirement, you're not taking money out of your portfolio ...

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Since 1970, it’s the only month that posts an average loss on the S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones ...