U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest U.S.

NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - Equity fund managers in the week ended May 21 raised their net long positions in S&P 500 futures contracts by 19,652 to 239,503, U.S.

President Barack Obama is just the fifth president in the 84-year history of the S&P 500 index to see it double during his term, according to The New York Times.

Many investors think a correction must be around the corner given the recent strength in U.S. equities, but history suggests otherwise.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 11.91 points to 12,646.18. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials average dropped 66.76 points to 15,227.74, the Nasdaq lost 21.49 points to 3,437.93, while the S&P 500 dipped 10.50 points to 1,640.01. The Canadian ...

The S&P 500 shed 0.91 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 1649.60. The Nasdaq edged down 0.28 points, or 0.01 percent, to finish at 3459.14.

Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons. The most basic reason is that it gives a true comparison of the value attributed by the stock market to a given company's stock.

Investors have done well this month. Despite the "sell in May and go away" cliche, those who have hung in there have seen the S&P 500 increase by more than 4% since the month began. This most recent week, in fact, was the only five-day period in which ...

The S&P 500 - the benchmark for speculative appetites - tempered a third consecutive daily drop from record highs, while the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (ticker = USDollar) failed to overtake 10,800.

There continues to be mixed data regarding the strength of the economic recovery in America. This is creating an interesting divergence between the level of the S&P 500 and the growth rate of the economic recovery, which is far less than many had ...