S&P 500 Index: What It’s for and Why It’s Important in Investing

The S&P 500 (Standard & Poor's 500 Index) is a market-cap weighted index of 500 major U.S. companies—an essential benchmark ...

Here's what gold crossing $4,000 is telling us about the U.S. economy

A range of factors has driven gold prices to record highs this year — a surge some Wall Street analysts think is likely to ...