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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/24/2009

The S&P 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap

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In an earlier post on the declines that individual stocks in the S&P; 500 have seen over the course of the index's six-day losing streak, we noted that because of their market caps, if they were being considered for inclusion into the index today, many of the losers on the list wouldn't even ...

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online.wsj.com - 2/25/2009

Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index Miscalculates Its Earnings

— online.wsj.com — JEREMY J. SIEGEL Standard & Poor's recently shocked investors with an announcement that reported earnings for its... S&P 500 Index for the fourth quarter of 2008 are forecast to be negative for the first time since such data were calculated in 1936. S&P ... (more) Jeremy Siegel Says the Standard and Poor's 500 Index ...

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 2/25/2009

S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High

— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — There have now only been two periods in the history of the S&P; 500 where the index... declined more than 50% from an all-time high -- 1929 and now. In the first chart below, we highlight the percentage change from the S&P; 500's most recent all-time ... (more) S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High

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money.cnn.com - 2/26/2009

Tracking the bear: How bad could it get? - Feb. 25, 2009

— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Don't let Tuesday's rally fool you. While the Dow roared back more than... 236 points and the S&P 500 gained 4%, Monday's 12-year lows showed that this bear market may still grow bigger and meaner. To start the week, both the S&P ... (more) Tracking the bear: How bad could it get? - Feb. 25, 2009

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THE ORACLE
THE SHARK REPORT — ... The Shrink; No doubt we the taxpayers will also make money on this investment;

Tuesday links: feels like 1997
Abnormal Returns — ... A quarter of the stocks in the S&P 500 no longer meet the index’s market cap requirement.  (Bespoke) ...

Sign Of The Times
Dealbreaker — ... $3 bln. For the index as a whole, nearly 27% of the stocks that are currently in the index would not be eligible for inclusion if they were being considered today. Fortunately for them, S&P; doesn't automatically kick companies out of the index when they fall below the market cap threshold. And since there aren't many companies outside of the index that could replace the ones that no longer would qualify, the only thing S&P; can really do is lower the requirements. The S&P; 500's Incredibly Shrinking Market Cap [Bespoke Investment Group] via Abnormal ...

NYSE Suspends $1 Price Minimum
Exchanges — ... What started out as a problem for financial stocks has turned into a full-blown problem across all industries and around the world. Low-priced stocks have become a serious, widespread issue. Who would have imagined a world where several major blue chips in the DJIA trade around $2? And if big companies are trading at such low multiples, what does that mean for smaller companies? To give you an example of how widespread the problem is: Bespoke Investment Group did an analysis on the S&P; 500 and concluded that 27% of the index would not qualify for ...