Tag: SP 500
S&P 500 Close to Doubling Since 2009 Low
by Douglas McIntyre on Feb.09, 2011, under Towing
The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index only has to go up a tick or two before it doubles from its March 2009 trough. The index fell to under 677 on March 9 that year, and closed just short of 1,325 Tuesday.
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S&P 500 Close to Doubling Since 2009 Low originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:45:00.
S&P 500 Earnings Beat the Street by 4.5% So Far
by Melly Alazraki on Feb.08, 2011, under Towing
The S&P 500 is a bellwether for the American economy, and with quarterly reports for more than half of the index’s companies in this earnings season, S&P 500 firms are averaging a 4.5% positive earnings per share surprise, according to Capital IQ’s Earnings This Week report.
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S&P 500 Earnings Beat the Street by 4.5% So Far originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:53:00.
Filed Under: Economy, Investing, Earnings, Ford Motor Co, Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Bank of America, McDonald’s, Cisco Systems, Walt Disney
How High (or Low) Could the Stock Market Go?
by Charles Hugh Smith on Feb.08, 2011, under Towing
U.S. equities have piled on way-above-average returns in the last five months. But what can investors expect over the next few years? The charts show some patterns, and they hint that returns could revert to a longer-term, lower average — but what might that be?
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How High (or Low) Could the Stock Market Go? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:00.
As Companies Beat Estimates in 2011, Expect Stocks to Soar
by Peter Cohan on Feb.07, 2011, under Towing
Last year, stocks rose as cost-cutting helped businesses set record profits. But its not too late to buy in, says venture capitalist Peter Cohan: With the corporate world’s focus shifting to sales growth, and profits likely to beat expectations, stocks still look undervalued.
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As Companies Beat Estimates in 2011, Expect Stocks to Soar originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:15:00.
Filed Under: Investing, Investing Basics
Sticking With Your 2010 Winners Could Be a Winner for 2011
by Matthew Scott on Jan.15, 2011, under Towing
According to S&P, investors who reinvested in the previous year’s three best-performing sectors outperformed the S&P 500 benchmark 70% of the time. But those who invested in the prior year’s three worst-performing sectors beat the S&P benchmark only 40% of the time.
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Sticking With Your 2010 Winners Could Be a Winner for 2011 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:00:00.







