The Margin: This Monet painting’s return on investment just blew away the S&P 500
A painting by legendary 19th-century French impressionist Claude Monet fetched a record $110.7 million in a frenzied eig...
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NewsWatch: Dow, S&P 500 set for worst May tumble in nearly 50 years amid U.S.-China trade clash
The intensifying Sino-American trade squabble is making for uniquely brutal May trading for U.S. stocks.
In One Chart: SocGen says this is the best predictor of S&P 500’s volatility over the past half-century
As the lagged impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes feels its way into the economy, a pickup in volatility will lik...
Market Snapshot: Dow jumps 200 points, S&P 500 flirts with record after April jobs report
Stock benchmarks head solidly higher Friday afternoon, with the broad-market equity index trading around record territor...
Asian shares up after Nasdaq, S&P 500 hit record highs
Equity markets in Asia rose on Wednesday morning after upbeat earnings helped the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes reach recor...
Market Extra: Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq near records but stock-market volumes are the lowest in months — Here’s why
A recent resurgence for stocks after a more than six-month corrective hiatus has many market participants questioning it...
S&P is rolling out socially-minded index
S&P Dow Jones Indices, a unit of S&P Global Inc., is launching an environmental, social and governance version of its S&...
Market Snapshot: Stocks close mostly higher as S&P 500 pushes wins to 8 in a row
U.S. stocks finish mostly higher Monday, with the S&P 500 rising for eighth session in a row, as investors geared up for...
Market Snapshot: S&P 500 poised to snap longest win streak in 1 ½ years as stock market rally cools
U.S. stocks on Monday are slumping, as a rally that took the S&P 500 to its longest string of gains in about 1 ½ years s...
The S&P 500 is now only about 2% from its all-time high
The S&P 500 is starting off April with a bang, at its high for the year and now only about 2% from the old historic clos...
Market Snapshot: Stocks buoyed by trade optimism, with S&P 500 set for biggest quarterly rise since 2009
U.S. stock indexes on Friday rise as optimism over trade progress on U.S.-China trade talks appears to overshadow concer...
Need to Know: This chart is flashing an S&P warning from a slide for a key metal
Our chart of the day, from Notes from the Rabbit Hole blogger Gary Tanashian sees a potential warning for S&P 500 invest...
The Fed is 'not yet done' with rate hikes, according to S&P Global Ratings
The Fed on Wednesday kept interest rates steady and slashed all projections of a rate hike this year. Still, S&P Global...
Chart analysts like chances for a big rally after S&P 500 forms 'inverse head-and-shoulders'
Stocks are on a roll this year and a chart pattern in the S&P 500 could signal further gains for Wall Street.
Need to Know: These ‘milestones’ are blocking a rise in the S&P 500 warns Blackrock
BlackRock’s chief equity strategist Kate Moore says that in order for the stock market to keep attracting more buyers an...
Market Snapshot: S&P 500, Nasdaq close at 5-month high on China trade, global growth optimism
U.S. stocks close higher Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq finishing at five-month highs, as market sentiment was...
Active fund managers trail the S&P 500 for the ninth year in a row in triumph for indexing
Investing in low-cost, passive funds remains the soundest long-term investment.
Deep Dive: If you’re tracking the S&P 500 instead of this fund, you’re leaving money on the table
The Invesco QQQ Trust has been a big winner and is more diversified than you might expect.
Market Snapshot: S&P 500 ends at 4-month high as stocks rise after strong economic data
U.S. stocks close higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rising for a third straight day, as investors parsed...
Market Extra: The last time the Dow underperformed the S&P 500 by this great a margin was 2009
The stock market is enjoying a solid week so far, but investors might not know it by gauging the performance of the Dow...