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Tag: S&P 500

  • Gasping for Air up there

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    The S&P 500 has run 170 points (13.8%) essentially unabated since July’s low of 1230. It’s as if the market earns brownie points each day for setting new multi-year highs, just as an alpha male earns brownie points for flattering remarks toward his girlfriend. The problem here is that the air up here is getting…

  • Rydex ETF equal-weights S&P 500 stocks

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    BOSTON – Exchange-traded funds that invest in widely-held S&P 500 companies can look markedly different, depending on how much they allocate to individual stocks. The Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF (RSP) invests the same amount — 0.20 percent — in every stock in the S&P 500 index (SPX), rebalancing quarterly to maintain the portfolio. The…