Stock Indices

This article shows you the typical patterns of the U.S. stock market in a presidential election year.

The S&P 500 Index increased more than 31% in 2019, putting last year among the very best going all the way back to 1928. Is it now time for investors to de-risk, or should they continue to hold their positions?

After the stock market's stellar returns in 2019, it's only natural that investors would fear a sub-par performance for stocks in 2019 but, as I'll argue in this report, stocks can - and most likely will - post another winning year in 2020 as long as....

It has been a great year for global equities with the average country up 12.45%. Of the 74 countries, 61 are in the green while just 13 are in the red.

The chart below compares the S&P 500’s annualized returns over the last one, two, five, ten, and twenty years to the average annualized returns of the index for each time period since 1928.

A recent UBS survey of 3,400 high net worth clients shows that the majority of respondents are preparing for a significant stock market correction by the end of next year.

Stocks typically rise going forward from this time of year and it is typically referred to as the year-end rally. in this time period. This article presents, and answers, a number of questions related to that effect, namely: a) How often does such a rally take place? b) How strong is such a rally? and, c) when is the best time for investors to enter the market?

Since the DJIA only lists 30 companies, many critics argue that is not an accurate representation of the overall market compared with other more inclusive indexes.

The NASDAQ-100 is a selection of the top valued companies within the NASDAQ, ranked by market capitalization...and is heavily weighted towards the tech sector

The DAX is a German blue-chip stock index made up of the 30 largest German companies making it, essentially, the German equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.