- It took the Dow almost exactly four years to go from its bear market low to an all-time record high...
- There are several “earnings” figures reported by a corporation to its investors. Basically, there...
- Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are issued by the U.S. Treasury and are designed to...
- The table below shows the five worst periods for the S...
- The following three tables, based on a 20-, 25-, and 30-year period, show the chances of whether or...
- According to Bianco Research, only 17% of more than 4,000 funds that invest in large U.S. stocks...
- The division of foreign markets into developed and emerging segments dates back to 1981, when...
- Anyone who put money into an S&P 500 index fund between late 1998 and early 2001 experienced a...
- Companies that buy back their own stock reduce their outstanding share count that, in turn, helps...
- According to a Wall Street Journal article (February 2012), historical evidence shows stocks with...
- As of March 2012, the NASDAQ Composite Index was close to 3,000, a level it first broke through in...
- The largest stocks are sometimes classified as “megacaps,” companies with a market value of > $...
- One way to determine sustainable growth for a stock is a measurement called “return on invested...
- The Dow was launched on May 26, 1896 as a “price-only” index that does not capture (include) the...
- As of early 2012, Con Ed had single-digit sales growth and its common stock had 1/5th the...
- A company’s P/E ratio is its stock price divided by a year’s worth of its per-share earnings. It is...
- According to FactSet Research Systems, only 3% of all U.S. listed stocks were considered “sells” as...
- Research published in 1998 by UC Berkeley showed that individual investors were 50% more likely to...