When Does GM Get Kicked Out of the Dow, part II
With GM now at 53-year lows, its time to revisit the question. Back in November, we asked "When Does GM Get Kicked Out of the...
Barron’s Asks: Bear Market Rally?
In Barron’s The Trader column, Kopin Tan asks: "Is the Stock Market’s recent resurgence just an ephemeral, bear-market...
Odd Data Point: Tech Passes Finance in SPX
How is this for an odd data point? Bank stocks are no longer the largest industry group in the SPX, having been recently bypassed by...
Updating the Dow (top ticking Energy?)
The editors at DJ have made a few changes to the venerable index: Out are Honeywell (HON) — which I have owned since the GE deal...
Russell Indices Rebalance Today
As if the "well-contained subprime mortage" issue wasn’t adding enough volatility, today is the Russell Indices...
Crude Remains Strong Despite Inventory Build
Light Crude Oil (CL, NYMEX)Daily Commodity Futures Price Chart: July, 2007 chart courtesy of TFC Commodity Charts > Crude closed at...
Looking at the S&P500 (Relatively)
Last week, we looked at the question Which is Performing Better, the Dow or the S&P500 ? A significant difference between the two...
Which is Performing Better, the Dow or the S&P500 ?
The short answer is, depends on how you calculate it. The results of looking at these two indices from various angles may surprise you....
Index Gains Distribution
All major indices posted healthy gains last week. The blue chips led the way, while the Nasdaq Tech issues and Russell 2000 small caps...
50th Anniversary of the S&P 500
We normally never do press releases — I find they are pretty worthless, and given the sheer ignorant laziness of the PR flacks who...