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Datadog's S&P 500 Debut, AI Growth Spark Analyst Upgrade — Is More Upside Ahead?
Monday, July 7, 2025 - 12:28pm | 381BofAmerica Securities analyst Koji Ikeda maintained Datadog Inc (NASDAQ:DDOG) with a Buy and raised the price target from $150 to $175 on Monday. The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on July 2, 2025, that software vendor Datadog was joining the S&P 500, effective July 9, 2025...
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S&P 500, Dow Jones Indices Are Working Properly Again Following Price Update Failures (UPDATED)
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 12:55pm | 361Editor’s Note: The article has been updated to note that the S&P and Dow Jones Indices are now updating properly. The S&P and Dow Jones Indices appear to be updating properly again after experiencing some problems early on in Thursday’s trading session. What Happened: The S&...
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Here Are 5 Lessons Benzinga Learned From Miami's Largest ETF Event
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 2:21pm | 869On a warm and sunny mid-winter weekend in Florida, a short drive from what some call “Wall Street South,” the Exchange ETF conference kicked off at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. From Feb. 11-14, the hotel's meeting halls and pool decks teemed with issuers, market makers and...
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Here's How Much Tesla Has Dragged Down The S&P 500 Since It Was Added 2 Years Ago
Friday, December 23, 2022 - 4:03pm | 783Exactly two years ago this week, S&P Dow Jones Indices made the controversial decision to add electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) to the S&P 500 index with the stock trading at an all-time high and the automaker sporting a $550 billion market capitalization. Two years later,...
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S&P Dow Jones Indices To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency Index Amid Bitcoin Resurgence
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 12:53am | 308The S&P Down Jones Indices, a unit of market data provider S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), is collaborating with Lukka Inc to introduce a global cryptocurrency index sometime next year. Lukka is a New York-headquartered software company centered around blockchain technology and the digital assets...
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S&P Global Market Intelligence Partners With Snowflake, Reveals Innovation Roadmap
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 3:30pm | 988Benzinga will be holding its annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards, a day of dealmaking, networking, and recognition in the financial technology space, on Nov. 10, 2020. In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services space...
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Fintech Focus For August 25, 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 6:07pm | 2430Quote Of The Day: Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. - Gloria Steinem Fintech Movers: A digital currency could also help the Fed implement monetary policy by setting interest rates on consumers' accounts holding the digital currency — analysts say this also could be a more...
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Macy's Downgraded From S&P 500 To SmallCap 600 Index As Company's Market Cap Shrinks To $1.5B
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 9:53pm | 370Retailer Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) will be removed from the S&P 500 Index later this week, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Tuesday. What Happened The Cincinnati-based company will instead become a part of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index on Friday. "Macy's has a market...
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The Fourth Quarter Was Kind To Dividend Investors
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 9:25am | 478The fourth quarter was positive on multiple fronts for dividend investors as domestic payout growth increased, taking some dividend exchange traded funds along for the why. What To Know The SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSE: SDY) jumped 7.3% in the final three months of 2019. The $19.78 billion SDY...
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Why Investing As An Individual Is So Difficult
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 8:41am | 804The decade-long bull market has produced some huge gains, including a 10-year return of 183.6% for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). Unfortunately, it’s likely many individual investors missed out on a large portion of those gains. The Numbers A recent study by DALBAR found that...
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PG&E Is Being Replaced In The S&P 500 And Dow Jones Utility Average
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 10:31am | 460The fall from grace continued for PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) after the stock got the boot from both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Utility Average. What Happened? S&P Dow Jones Indices announced PG&E will be replaced in the S&P 500 by Teleflex Inc. (NYSE: TFX) and...
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If History Is A Guide, Large-Cap ETFs Have Further To Fall
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 9:25am | 549Monday was a brutal day for the S&P 500 and the related exchange traded funds, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). For the second consecutive day, every sector, market capitalization segment (large, mid and small) and investment factor (growth, value, etc.), declined. What Happened...
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Small-Cap ETFs Kept It Rolling In August
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 12:36pm | 600Small-cap stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds are trouncing their large-cap counterparts this year, a theme that isn't showing much sign of abating. The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: IJR), which tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, is up 18.3 percent this year while ETFs...
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Small-Cap Dominance Is Anything But Tiny
Friday, July 6, 2018 - 8:50am | 555In the first half of 2018, one of the most notable trends in the U.S. equity market was the dominance of small-cap stocks and related exchange traded funds over large-cap counterparts. The iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: IJR), which tracks the widely followed S&P SmallCap...
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Momentum ETFs: They'll Work Until They Don't
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 9:24am | 566Exchange traded funds adhering to momentum strategies are delivering impressive returns this year and capturing more assets from investors. The iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (CBOE: MTUM) and the SPDR Russell 1000 Momentum Focus ETF (NYSE: ONEO) are up 10.7 percent and 4.2 percent,...