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Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

November 5, 2008: Clean Up When Funds Clear Out

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:50:00 GMT

Money managers clean up portfolio holdings before the end of their tax year. Over 48%of US mutual funds close their books between late October and December. Managers sell stocks with large losses to avoid reporting them on their year-end report to shareholders. This causes downward pressure on stocks trading within their portfolio(s)that are at or near 52-week lows. Once the selling subsides, these stocks have historically experienced a price reversal. That said, investors should exercise due diligence before buying any of the companies listed below by analyzing any potential shift in a company's fundamentals and other factors such as sector weight and risk tolerance. Here are the screen parameters used to select the following "sells" from funds: Large-cap and mid-cap stocks trading at or below 30% of their 52-week high and have not bounced above 15% from their 52-week low,and have above-average valuation on both an absolute and[More...]

Progress Energy has 'real needs and real costs'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:46:00 GMT

Nov. 7--TALLAHASSEE -- The cost for getting electricity kept growing, but the prices for customers remained fairly even during the past 20 years, according to Progress Energy.
Now the utility company is giving in to the latest financial strains.
Environmental demands, tree-cutting, storm protection and construction at the power plant in St. Petersburg have all contributed to the company's request to hike monthly customer costs by roughly 8 percent, said Progress Energy spokeswoman Cherie Jacobs.

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