S&P; Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P; CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for March 2020 show that home prices continue to increase at a modest rate across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for these data series, and can be accessed in full by going to www.spdji.com.
S&P; Global today announced the launch of S&P; Global Marketplace (Marketplace), a new data platform that offers the opportunity to explore, discover, and evaluate new datasets in a seamless and intuitive way. In a modern digital experience, Marketplace grants access to a robust catalogue of datasets from across all four S&P; Global divisions, select third-party "alternative" data, and solutions, including those from Kensho, which are available through S&P; Global Market Intelligence's Xpressfeed™, FTP and API solutions.
Companies are under severe financial stress due to COVID-19. That is unlikely to change soon.
Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P; Global (NYSE: SPGI), will present at the virtual Bernstein's 36th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 27. Mr. Peterson is scheduled to speak from 8:00 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The "fireside chat" will be webcast and may include forward-looking information.
If you own cheap value stocks, you're paying the price. But a few S&P; 500 value stocks are showing the asset class isn't completely left behind.
Technology has turned into a major dividend payment contributor. Dividends paid by 47 technology companies now account for 17% of the S&P; 500 index's total payout.
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The financial sector is comprised of companies that offer services broadly aimed at providing loans, insurance, and money management services for individuals and firms. The list of financial sector service companies includes retail and commercial banking, accounting, insurance, asset management, credit cards, and brokerages.
At the end of February we announced the arrival of the first US recession since 2009 and we predicted that the market will decline by at least 20% in (Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW). In these volatile markets we scrutinize hedge fund filings to get a reading on which direction each […]
It's been two months since the S&P; 500's nightmarish crash low on March 23. And some brave investors doubled their money on bold bets.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Active equity investors, they tell us, are far better stewards of our savings when markets are volatile. Their underperformance compared with passive investment products in recent years, they explain, is down to ever-rising stock markets flattering the returns available from index trackers. So the recent surge in volatility, with equity prices exhibiting unprecedented short-term swings, would have been their time to shine, right?Wrong.“The majority of Europe equity fund managers were unable to beat the benchmark in either March or Q1 2020 as a whole, with 66% and 57% underperforming the benchmark, respectively.” That’s the embarrassing verdict of a study just published by S&P Global Inc., which provides credit ratings and compiles market benchmarks.March was the most volatile month on record for stocks, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, known as the VIX index. Equity prices swinging by as much as 5% in a day triggered stock exchange circuit breakers that paused trading in the benchmark U.S. markets several times.So March should have presented the perfect opportunity for stock pickers to profit from their alleged superior investing skills. As it turned out, only 34% were able to deliver total returns that beat a benchmark index, according to S&P calculations.The smaller losses suffered in January and February meant that active managers underperformed the index by a smidgeon for the quarter as a whole, losing 22.7% compared with the 22.4% decline in the benchmark. But only 43% of the managers assessed were able to beat the benchmark during the first three months of the year, S&P says. Little wonder that customers are increasingly skeptical that the higher fees charged on actively managed products are justifiable. Both retail and institutional customers are losing faith in the fund management industry’s ability to look after their wealth – and rightly so. Earlier this month, the CFA Institute published a survey of more than 3,500 retail investors in 15 countries, as well as more than 900 institutional investors with assets of at least $50 million.The percentage of institutional clients who regarded investment firms as well prepared to manage through a financial crisis declined to 68%, down from 80% in a 2018 survey. Among retail savers, the figure was just 49%, down from 55% two years ago.A financial crisis is the time when trust is truly tested, the CFA said. With active managers found wanting during the recent market meltdown, they may just have blown their last chance to halt the flood of investors preferring to entrust their nest eggs to the low-cost passive crowd.This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Mark Gilbert is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering asset management. He previously was the London bureau chief for Bloomberg News. He is also the author of "Complicit: How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable."For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinionSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
General Electric continues its great shrinking act by selling off storied businesses. But it's not alone in the S&P; 500 bringing smaller revenue to life.
S&P; Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P; MidCap 400 and S&P; SmallCap 600 effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, June 1:
Intapp and DealCloud today announced a collaboration with S&P; Global Market Intelligence to allow native integration of S&P; Global Market Intelligence data into the Intapp OnePlace and DealCloud platforms. In response to client requests, these native integrations provide a faster, simpler, and more efficient solution for onboarding new clients, executing on dealmaking activities, and managing the client lifecycle end to end.
The S&P; 500's powerful 32% rally from the low may look too good to be true. And skeptical investors are betting it is — in some cases.
S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Change to the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index
Douglas Peterson, S&P Global CEO, join Yahoo Finance's Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss current demand of corporate debt, an increase in defaults, overall global markets and more.
S&P; Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P; MidCap 400 and S&P; SmallCap 600 effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, June 1:
Consecutive better-than-expected top- and bottom-line performances, rising demand for business information services and contributions from acquisitions have been aiding S&P Global (SPGI) stock.
S&P; Dow Jones Indices and Experian released today data through April 2020 for the S&P;/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. The indices represent a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults and show that the composite rate was nine basis points lower at 0.90%. The bank card default rate rose 29 basis points to 4.23%. The auto loan default rate dropped 15 basis points to 0.66% and the first mortgage default rate fell 11 basis points to 0.66%.