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Dividends By The Numbers Through December 2017
2017 marked something of a turnaround for the fate of dividends paid by publicly-traded companies throughout the year.
The S&P 500 At The End Of 2017 And What Lies Ahead In 2018
Falling between the Christmas and New Year's holidays, not much of newsworthy note happened for the S&P 500 during the fourth week of December 2017 and the final week of that year.
November 2017 Median Household Income
Median household income in the U.S. rose to an estimated $58,741 in November 2017, an increase of 0.2% from our previous October 2017 estimate of $58,643.
The S&P 500 In Week 3 Of December 2017
Week 3 of December 2017 is when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 officially became law, with President Trump signing the measure on Friday, 22 December 2017.
26 Years Of Order And Chaos In The S&P 500
The data for December 2017 is preliminary, but since we're coming up on the end of the year, we couldn't resist updating one of our favorite charts showing the periods of relative order and chaos in the S&P 500 since December 1991!
Previewing The Future For S&P 500 Dividends In 2018
2017 was the best year for dividends on record for the S&P 500. 2018 looks to be stronger, but then, that's a primary reason why stock prices have generally grown so strongly throughout the year.
Tax Cut Speculations Boost S&P 500 In Week 2 Of December 2017
The biggest news of the week, as far as the U.S. stock market was concerned, came on Friday as the congressional majority Republicans announced they had reached a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the corporate income tax cut bill.
Recession Probability Ticks Slightly Up As Fed Hikes
The Federal Reserve did the completely expected yesterday and announced that it would increase the Federal Funds Rate.
Is California Already In Recession?
When it comes to the health of his state's economy, California Governor Jerry Brown has been walking on eggshells this year.
The National Dividend Through 2017-Q3
How well are typical American households faring through the third quarter of 2017?
The S&P 500 Reverts Back To The Mean
Since the end of the first quarter of 2016, the S&P 500 has experienced a relatively stable period of order, where the variation of stock prices has generally followed a standard normal distribution.
Shifting Focus For The S&P 500 In Week 1 Of December 2017
The S&P 500 behaved more as I expected that it would during the first full week of December 2017, with stock prices dipping as investors shifted their forward-looking focus to 2018-Q1 in setting current day stock prices.
Dividends By The Numbers For November 2017
3,518 U.S. companies declared dividends, up from the 3,077 that did so in the previous month, but more importantly, up significantly from the 3,297 that announced their dividend plans in November 2016.
The Cost Of Fake News For The S&P 500
The fifth and final week of November 2017 was a positive one for the S&P 500 (Index: INX), where the U.S. Congress' progress toward passing a corporate income tax reduction package helped buoy stock prices throughout the week.
October 2017 Median Household Income
Median household income in the U.S. rose to $58,643 in October 2017, an increase of 0.2% from our September 2017 estimate of $58,523.
Market Cap For New Home Sales Spikes Up
With the Federal Reserve set to start new rounds of interest rate hikes, it will be interesting to see to what extent those actions will have on the health of the market for new homes in the U.S.
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