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S&P Dow Jones Indices, the parent company of many financial market indicators such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500, announced Friday a notable change to its methodology. The indices owner announced the following changes: Companies included in the S&P 500 index...

Coattail investing is a simple concept: If a stock is worthy of Warren Buffett's attention and investment dollars, then surely its good enough for ordinary investors. Investors who don't feel that their own investment needs and strategies align with Buffett's long-term investing philosophy could...

A leveraged exchange-traded funded (ETF) offers investors and traders a leveraged exposure to the price performance of an index. For example, the Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ) is designed to offer an investment return approximately equal to 300 percent of the inverse (or...

Several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold gold have surged by a quarter in recent memory. The reason for the rise in gold prices? Central banks — at least according to a report by Bloomberg. Bloomberg noted that gold has been 2016's best performing major metal after silver due to rising...

It's well understood by the investment community that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a heavyweight stock given its approximately $500 billion. However, it isn't as clear what affect Apple has in the exchange-traded funds that hold it stock. Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas breaks down the...

There’s no question that modern technology and science has extended the average life expectancy of the human race. While more years spent with loved ones and longer, richer lives is certainly a good thing, an aging population comes with unprecedented healthcare needs. Healthcare is already...

U.S. equities were trading in positive territory ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its December meeting. Heading into the final 30 minutes of trading, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) was lower by 1.22 percent while the PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.'s (NYSE: CMG) fall from grace at the hands of a worsening E. coli scare has been staggering. In October, shares of Chipotle spent some time trading north of $750. On Tuesday, the stock closed at $494.61.   That precipitous slide for Chipotle has been a bit...

Michael Hartnett, Bank of America's Chief Investment Strategist, stated that cash is outperforming stocks and bonds for the first time since 1990. Hartnett's "Bull & Bear Index" is now the most bearish since October 2011. Hartnett also noted the "Global Wealth...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) overcame the inertia of a sideways trading range to break out to new all-time highs last week. These gains came at the behest of a renewed commitment from the FOMC to hold off on any immediate interest rate hikes until growth factors improve later on in the...

Last week, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) managed to notch another period of tepid gains as stocks slowly grind their way higher. This market bellwether is now up just over 4 percent in 2015 and is continuing to exhibit quiet determination.  The price action in large-cap stocks was...

“They're kind of the economic locomotive over in Europe,” said Kevin Kelly, CIO of Recon Capital Partners. Kelly was talking about Germany’s top blue chip equities when he spoke with Benzinga on a subject he knows very well. Recon Capital, it turns out, offers the only US-...

Small-cap ETFs were shunned in 2014 for lackluster performance that lagged far behind their large-cap peers. Nevertheless, funds that track small-cap stocks are shaking off that weakness this year and attempting to restore faith in a forgotten growth story. iShares Russell 2000 Index The...