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After dipping into correction territory late last week, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is currently down by 8.73% since ...

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The S&P 500 (SPX) is down today as a major bull of the index lowered his target for it. Yardeni Research President and Chief ...

The index includes companies from all 11 market sectors, but it leans most heavily toward the industrial (19%), financial (19%), and healthcare (17%) sectors. Comparatively, the S&P 500 is ...