Key Takeaways Wednesday has been a good day for chip stocks so far, with an index of semiconductor shares recently up more than 2%.One reason for the rise: sustained optimism about spending on the ...

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

U.S. colleges and universities would, collectively, be $468 billion richer today if they had fired their investment managers ...

The relentless US Dollar Index (DXY) sell-off experienced earlier this year has faded. What next for the DXY index this year?

The Producer Price Index (PPI) is the official measure of producer prices within the U.S. economy. It measures the average change in selling prices for goods received by manufactures. The Producer ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

What Is the Relative Strength Index (RSI)? The relative strength index (RSI) indicates whether a security, such as a stock, is overbought or oversold. It’s a technical indicator that is a part of a ...

Abstract: In a recent research paper, we use the text of the People’s Daily to develop the Policy Change Index (PCI) for China, a machine-learning-based predictor of China’s policy changes. In this ...