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Standard & Poor's 500 Index

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Profit-taking Hits S&P 500, Nasdaq; Dow Edges Higher: By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits following the stock market's recent run-up, while a weaker-than-expected reading on a measure of consumer confidence sparked caution about the recovery of spending. Technology and consumer discretionary shares fared worse...; Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., expectation, S&P, BP Plc, Baidu.com Inc., Consumer Confidence; News items 2009-10-28
Equifax added to S&P 500 Index; Lexmark International Group added to S&P MidCap 400: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 16, 1997--The Financial Information Services group of Standard & Poor's will replace PanEnergy Corp. PEL in the S&P 500 Index with Equifax, Inc. EFX, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, after the close of trading on Wednesday, June 18, 1997. PanEnergy is being...; Tags: Equifax, Lexmark International Inc., S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1997-06-16
AutoZone, Frontier, Thermo Electron added to S&P 500 Index; NCR and Unisource added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 19, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will transfer Luby's Cafeterias LUB, Ryan's Family Steak Houses RYAN, and Shoney's Inc. SHN from the S&P 500 Index to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1996, as part of...; Tags: AutoZone Inc., NCR Corp., S&P, S&P 500, Thermo Electron Corp.; Research articles 1996-12-19
S&P 500: Best & Worst Months on Average: The S&P 500 has always been a reflection of the larger economy. They are America's bellwether stocks -- the bluest of the blue chips. Stocks in the S&P don't always do so well, though. In fact, much like sunspots and glacial epochs, the S&P 500 has a relatively...; Tags: Jonathan Haeber, S&P 500, Financial accounting; Blog posts 2007-09-10
CUC International added to S&P 500 Index; Two companies added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 21, 1995--Standard & Poor's will replace E-Systems,Inc. ESY in the S&P 500 Index with CUC International Inc. CU after the close of trading on Friday, April 28, 1995. Raytheon Company RTN, also a component of the S&P 500 Index, is acquiring E-Systems in a friendly cash...; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1995-04-21

Standard & Poor's Announces Chrysler to Leave S&P 500 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 1, 1998--Standard & Poor's Financial Information Services will replace Chrysler Corporation C in the S&P 500 Index with a company to be announced at a later date. Chrysler will be removed from the S&P 500 at the close of trading on the last day it trades on...; Tags: Chrysler LLC, S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1998-10-01
Is Investor Misreaction Economically Significant? Evidence from S&P 500 LEAPS: Several recent studies [Stein (1989) and Poteshman (2001)] present evidence of investor misreaction in the options market. While the interpretation of their results is still controversial, it notes that the important question of economic significance has not been fully addressed. It fills in this gap by formulating regression-based tests to...; Tags: S&P 500, Investor, University Of California, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2002-02-14
Bethesda-based Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. on S&P 500: Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., of Bethesda, a lodging real estate investment trust that owns 124 hotels including Marriotts, Hyatts and Westins, will replace Phoenix, Ariz.-based copper producer Phelps Dodge Corp. in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, S&P said Monday in a statement posted on its Web site. The...; Tags: Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., S&P 500; Research articles 2007-03-14
Standard & Poor's announces companychanges to S&P 500 and S&P MidCap 400 indices; restructures S&P MidCap industry groups: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 9, 1995--Standard & Poor's announced this afternoon several company changes to its popular S&P 500 and S&P MidCap 400 Indices.; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1995-03-09
Darden Restaurants, Fruit of the Loom added to S&P 500 Index as S&P restructures its textiles industry groups: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 19, 1995--Standard & Poor's will transfer Oshkosh B'Gosh GOSHA and Hartmarx Corp. HMX from the S&P 500 Index to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index after the close of trading on Friday, May 26, 1995, as part of a major restructuring of the Textiles industry groups in the...; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1995-05-19
Standard & Poor's announces company changes in S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 28, 1995--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will replace Shawmut National Corp. SNC in the S&P 500 Index with Comerica Inc. CMA, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, after the close of trading on Thursday, November 30, 1995.; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1995-11-28
Dell Computer Added to S&P 500 Index; PMI Group Added To S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 29, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will replace Varity Corp. VAT in the S&P 500 Index with Dell Computer Corp. DELL, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, after the close of trading on Thursday, Sept. 5, 1996.; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1996-08-29
FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER & GOLD INC. ANNOUNCES S&P 500 LISTING: NEW ORLEANS--BUSINESS WIRE--July 12, 1995--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. FCX announced today that it has been informed by Standard & Poor's (S&P) that FCX will be added to the S&P 500 Index after the close of business on Friday, July 28, 1995. S&P has indicated that for the calculation...; Tags: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., S&P, S&P 500, shareholder; Research articles 1995-07-12
Green Tree Financial added to S&P 500 Index; Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will replace Federal Paper Board FBO in the S&P 500 index with Green Tree Financial GNT, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 12, 1996.; Tags: financial, S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1996-03-05
Battle Mountain Gold added to S&P 500 Index; Additional S&P index changes on July 19: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 16, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's announces the addition of Battle Mountain Gold Company BMG, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, to the S&P 500 Index after the close of trading on Friday, July 19, 1996.; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1996-07-16
AON added to S&P 500 Index; Firstar added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 17, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will replace Loral Corp. LOR in the S&P 500 Index with AON Corp. AOC, currently a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, after the close of trading on Monday, April 22, 1996.; Tags: Aon Corp., S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1996-04-17
U S WEST stocks added to S&P 500 Index; Bassett Furniture transferred to S&P SmallCap 600 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 24, 1995--Standard & Poor's will add U S WEST Communications Group USW and U S WEST Media Group UMG to the S&P 500 Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995. U S WEST Communications Group will replace U S WEST, Inc.; Tags: S&P, S&P 500, stock; Research articles 1995-10-24
Harrah's Entertainment, Tellabs added to S&P 500 Index: Promus Hotel Corp. added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 23, 1995--Standard & Poor's will replace Promus Companies Inc. PRI and M/A-Com, Inc. MAI in the S&P 500 Index with Harrah's Entertainment Inc. HET and Tellabs, Inc. TLAB after the close of trading on Friday, June 30, 1995. Promus Companies is spinning off its hotel unit, which...; Tags: entertainment, S&P, S&P 500, Tellabs; Research articles 1995-06-23
Lucent Technologies added to S&P 500 Index; Outboard Marine, Commonwealth Aluminum added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 17, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will add Lucent Technologies Inc. LU to the S&P 500 Index after the close of trading on Monday, Sept. 30, 1996.; Tags: S&P 500, Alcatel-Lucent, S&P; Research articles 1996-09-17
Allegheny Teledyne added to S&P 500 Index; Airgas added to S&P MidCap 400 Index: NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 8, 1996--The Equity Services Group of Standard & Poor's will replace Teledyne Inc. TDY in the S&P 500 Index with Allegheny Teledyne Inc. ticker symbol to be announced after the close of trading on Thursday, Aug. 15.; Tags: S&P, S&P 500; Research articles 1996-08-08

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