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Beware Fakeout Rallies, Like GE From Last January: Taking StockThe 150+ handle bounce in the S&P 500 since Christmas has yielded sharp moves to the upside for a number of important stocks in this market, but a continuation over the next week or two should be served with a side of caution.January 2, 2019
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Bulls Left Shaking After Brutal Start to September: Taking StockIt was a brutal start to September for the stock market and anyone long tech, but things are looking up to start the week. The e-minis are up ~10 handles, in what could be a lower-volume session given the Rosh Hashana holiday, while the banks are giving a lift to the European tape in reaction to comments from the Italian finance minister.September 10, 2018
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Unum, FGL Jump as $5 Billion StanCorp Deal Fuels M&A SpeculationUnum Group and Fidelity & Guaranty Life climbed in New York trading on speculation there could be more takeovers of U.S. life insurers after Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. agreed to buy StanCorp Financial Group Inc.July 24, 2015
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Higher, Lower, Unchanged and Reversed EPS for S&P 500Here are the reported first quarter of 2013 earnings per share for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Companies are divided by their reported year-over-year EPS differences (higher, lower, unchanged, reversals). Within groups, the companies are ranked by year-over-year percent changes.June 12, 2013
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EPS in the First Quarter of ’13 for S&P 500 Stocks by SectorsHere are the cumulative earnings per share results for the first quarter of 2013 for Standard & Poor’s 500 Index stocks, broken down into ten sectors: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financial, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities. Within sectors, the companies are ranked by year-over-year percent changes.June 12, 2013
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Positive EPS Surprises for First Quarter of ’13 for S&P 500Following are positive and unchanged earnings surprises for the first quarter of 2013 for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. So far, 66.7 percent (331 out of 496) of the S&P 500 have reported positive surprises, and 9.1 percent (45 out of 496) have reported zero percent surprises.June 12, 2013