Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around
Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around
Abigail, a lot of bouncing around. Abigail yes. Wishywashy trading. Not long ago, both were ever so slightly higher. Than nasdaq has mainly been in the red all day, down more so than the s p 500. Down half a percent or so. Turnaround drama in d. C. , political tensions. The dow and s p 500 down two weeks in a row right now by a small margin for a third week in a row. The nasdaq down five weeks in a row. The first time that could happen since 2012. Wise break it down sector for the s p 500 by going to the bloomberg and taking a look. There is more green, more sectors in the green than in red. Much of the sector composition seems to have to do with what is happening with yields. We have the 10 year yield down to basis points two basis points. , soks have higher dividends they look a lot better when the heels are higher. On the bottom have been energy with oil. Ctually, there is energy down. 18. If we look at what has been happening relative to the , we have the 10 year yield down around
Nightly Business Report for thursday, september 26th. Good evening, everyone. Big things sometimes come in small packages. That was the talk on wall street today. Stocks finally broke their fiveday losing streak, but it wasnt the Big Companies that lifted the markets. It was small cap stocks. They have quietly and steadily risen in value, and today the russell 2000 index of Smaller Companies closed at a fresh alltime high. So far, the russell index has surged 27 . Thats a lot more, 10 more, than the gains on the dow average this year. Also giving a boost to the markets today, good news about jobs. Initial jobless claims dipped to a nearly sixyear low. Looking at the closing numbers, the dow added 55 points, the nasdaq rose 26. And the s p 500 index up almost five points. Do they still have room to run . Here to answer that question and more is jay kaplan, Portfolio Manager and principal at the reus funds. Mr. Kaplan, welcome. Why are the Small Companies outpacing the big blue chips by
Nightly Business Report for thursday, september 26th. Good evening, everyone. Big things sometimes come in small packages. That was the talk on wall street today. Stocks finally broke their fiveday losing streak, but it wasnt the Big Companies that lifted the markets. It was small cap stocks. They have quietly and steadily risen in value, and today the russell 2000 index of Smaller Companies closed at a fresh alltime high. So far, the russell index has surged 27 . Thats a lot more, 10 more, than the gains on the dow average this year. Also giving a boost to the markets today, good news about jobs. Initial jobless claims dipped to a nearly sixyear low. Looking at the closing numbers, the dow added 55 points, the nasdaq rose 26. And the s p 500 index up almost five points. Do they still have room to run . Here to answer that question and more is jay kaplan, Portfolio Manager and principal at the reus funds. Mr. Kaplan, welcome. Why are the Small Companies outpacing the big blue chips by