This chart from Credit Suisse offers a timeline of the key market, regulatory, and technological events in the U.S. stock market. (h/t JC Parets at All Start Charts) ...

During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump discussed several policy changes that could impact the stock market. One of ...

The S&P 500's concentration in Magnificent Seven stocks has led to a rare phenomenon in 2024, and it portends big gains in ...

Key components of stock charts include the price, market capitalization, trading volume and time interval of a stock's price movement. Charts can come in multiple styles, such as line, bar or ...

The chart on our Markets Today page features historical pricing ... a company divides its existing stock into more shares. Share prices drop but the company's market value doesn't.

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...

Stocks typically rise after a presidential election, but investors need to be prepared for some short-term choppiness first, ...

But each of the indicators featured in the chart has an impressive record forecasting the stock market’s return ...

Please note that the dividend history might include the company’s preferred securities as well. Price/Earnings Ratio is a widely used stock evaluation measure. For a security, the Price ...

U.S. stocks tend to go higher no matter which party is in the White House, according to a historical overview from the Wells Fargo Investment Institute. An investor who put $1,000 into the stock ...

Market Cap is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the stock's price. For companies with multiple common share classes, market capitalization includes both classes.

The S&P 500 typically shows higher returns in the lead-up to presidential elections than in non-election years. However, stock market returns in the one, six-, and twelve-months following election day ...