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Buybacks and the S&P 500® EPS

Senior Industry Analyst, Index Investment Strategy

S&P Dow Jones Indices

March 7, 2014 - 10:55 am

Buybacks do not increase S&P 500 Index earnings-per-share (EPS), the Dow is a different story. On an issue level, share count reduction (SCR) increases EPS, therefore reducing the P/E and making stocks appear more ‘attractive’. SCR is typically accomplished via buybacks, with the vital statistic being not just how many shares you buy, but how Read more […]

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buybacks, DJIA, Dow Jones Industrial 30, S&P 500

Keep those flowers short on Valentine’s day

Howard Silverblatt

Senior Industry Analyst, Index Investment Strategy

S&P Dow Jones Indices

February 13, 2014 - 6:00 pm

Category: Equities, S&P 500 & DJIA

Historically (from 1928), as defined by the S&P 500, 52.1% of the trading days are up (average +0.745%) and 46.2% are down (average -0.789%). For Valentine’s day there is a thorn. On February 14th the market has been up only 40.0% of the time and down 56.9% of the time (it was flat in 1944 Read more […]

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Equities, S&P 500, u.s. equities

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