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Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) will make up for 1.69% of the S&P 500 index as it makes its debut on Monday’s open, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices analyst Howard Silverblatt. What Happened: Silverblatt said S&P 500’s price-earnings ratio for the coming year will increase from...

The 500 companies that make up the S&P 500 index bought back $129.2 billion of their own stock and paid investors $105.4 billion in the form of dividends in the third quarter.  What You Need To Know Q3 marked another period of strong capital returns, as the 500 companies increased...

U.S. companies have been more generous than ever in returning excess cash to shareholders via dividends. However, thanks to the strong performance of the stock market this year, dividend yields are actually lower than they were in 2016. According to the latest report from S&P Dow Jones Indices...

S&P 500 companies are buying back fewer shares of stock, a phenomenon that could have mixed implications for investors. S&P 500 stock buybacks declined by 17.5 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to a new report by S&P Global. In the first three months...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s valuation stands at more than $750 billion, which makes it the biggest component in the S&P 500 index. But what impact does the behemoth have on the index's movement? According to CNBC's Brian Sullivan, Apple's 24 percent year-to-date gain implies the stock...

Shareholder returns for the S&P 500 companies continued to fall for the second quarter in a row following a record first quarter. However, iPhone maker Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued its dominance in buybacks. Share Repurchases Data released by S&P Dow Jones Indices show S&P 500...

The Dow Jones Industrial average needs to gain 1,500 points before it can hit the 20,000 milestone. According to a report by CNBC, some analysts believe this impressive sounding level could be obtained by the end of the year. CNBC, citing data compiled by Howard Silverblatt (a senior index...

The technology sector, the largest sector weight in the S&P 500, is an increasingly important part of the dividend conversation. That is especially true at a time of piddly yields on U.S. Treasurys and slowing dividend growth. In addition to being one of the biggest contributors to the buyback...

In November 2014, the S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI, two of the largest providers of benchmarks for exchange-traded funds, said real estate would become the eleventh Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector in August 2016. And REIT Makes 11 Although that announcement is now a year...

Every now and then, there is something to stoke the fires of indexing nerds. This year's fire starter, albeit already known, could be the addition of real estate as the eleventh member of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) group. Real estate's separation from the financial...

Energy, the seventh-largest sector weight in the S&P 500, has steadied somewhat this year after being the benchmark index's worst-performing sector in each of the previous two years. Oil's ongoing weakness is not chasing investors from oil ETFs. In fact, that continuing weakness is...

As expected, S&P 500 dividend growth slipped last year with a spate of payout cuts in the energy sector proving problematic. Energy is the seventh-largest sector weight in the S&P 500. “Indicated dividend net increases (increases less decreases) rose $3.6 billion during the fourth...

Entering Tuesday, the S&P 500, the benchmark U.S. equity index, sports a modest year-to-date loss of 0.12 percent. That would seem to imply it was a boring year for U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds that track the S&P 500. However, this year was anything but boring the myriad ETFs that...