Goldman Sachs has upgraded its target for the S&P 500, forecasting that the U.S. benchmark index will climb a further 5 percent to 1750 by year-end, from an initial estimate of 1625, supported by robust dividend growth and an improving macroeconomic ...

The company brought in $44.9 billion in profit last fiscal year, making the most profitable company on an absolute basis, says S&P Capital IQ. Right behind Exxon Mobil was gadget maker Apple with its profit of $41.7 billion. And rounding out the top ...

Because of the market's strength, I was not surprised that my weekly scan of the stocks in the S&P 500 revealed that 23 closed above their weekly starc+ bands on Friday.

Small stocks are doing well because they are more focused on the U.S., which is recovering, and are less exposed to recession-plagued Europe than the large international companies that make up the Dow and the S&P 500 index. Major indexes were little ...

Now, for the first time since March, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF's year-to-date percentage gain has caught up PowerShares low-volatility ETF as investors have begun to move money into more aggressive and economically sensitive stocks rather than defensive ...

The following table shows the largest weekly changes in the 90%-110% skew spread, a measure of how expensive puts, or bearish bets, are relative to calls.

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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) has been hitting record highs lately, leading some to wonder whether the stock market is overpriced.

Futures pointed to a slightly lower open, and that's what we got. On a day with no economic news, the S&P 500 stuttered for the first ninety minutes and then rallied to its intraday high, up 0.43 percent, at midday.