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Tag Archives: S&P 500

25 Years of S&P 500 Visualized

As we approach the milestone 2,000 level on the S&P 500, it dawned on me that we have nearly tripled the value of the index since its last bottom in early 2009.  It had been some time since I had visualized the broad-based equity index.  Doing so in the chart above reflects the spectacular stock market…

July 20, 2014 in Business & Management, News & Current Events.

It’s Different This Time: What Gold Can Tell Us About the Stock Market

Some of you know that, even after the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) hit never-seen levels some weeks ago, I was eager to see another indicator do the same thing: the more broad-based Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) consisting of 500 of the United States’ largest, publicly-traded companies.  This past week, the…

April 13, 2013 in News & Current Events, Personal Finance.

Third Time’s The Charm: Why Today Is Significant In the S&P 500’s Journey To An All-Time High

It was nearly  here in 2000, then again in 2007; the S&P 500 index is once again at a record closing level of 1,565.  The next milestone level for it to break will be the intraday high of 1,576 also achieved in 2007. What’s interesting about this level?  We have now bounced off of it twice…

March 28, 2013 in Business & Management, Personal Finance.

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