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What Is a Price-Weighted Index?

IBM and Intel both dropped similarly after Tuesday's earnings reports, but they'll have wildly different effects on the Dow Jones. Here's why. More 

ETF Alternatives for Last Week’s Hot Stocks

We look at funds for the small cap, dividend, blue chip, consumer discretionary and financial stocks that InvestorPlace writers discussed last week. More 

Health Insurance in the Dow? Why Didn’t We Think of That?

UnitedHealth's inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average makes plenty of sense, but don't get giddy about a meaningful pop. More 

Are Silver and Gold Giving Us a Signal for Friday’s Speech?

The Federal Reserve meets this week and speculation is rampant about Bernanke's next move. Silver and Gold may have already given us a clue last week. More 

Gloom Settles Over Wall Street

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis put a damper on QE3 optimism; meanwhile, world stocks hang on a precipice. More 

Wall Street Should Get a September to Forget

Weak volume, poor breadth, a number of negative divergences and a lack of interest in the Fed's hints at QE3 signal that the turn down has begun. More 

Dow Smacked With the ‘Kiss of Death’

A rare "key reversal day" for Dow Jones and reversal day for S&P 500 are clear signs that the market winds are turning bearish. Investors: Start packing. More