On Wednesday, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD)’s shares declined -0.63% to $38.06.
D Ameritrade, Inc. a broker-dealer partner of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD), is recently releasing the Investor Movement Index® reading for May 2015. The Investor Movement Index, or the IMXsm, is a proprietary, behavior-based index created by TD Ameritrade that aggregates Main Street investor positions and activity to measure what investors are actually doing and how they are positioned in the markets.
TD Ameritrade clients were net buyers of equities during the May IMX period, which assisted drive the IMX to its third largest month-to-month percentage enhance since tracking of the index began in December 2012. Net buying of equities was not the only factor in the enhance, however, as some widely held positions saw enhances in volatility relative to the overall market, which assisted to further the enhance in the IMX.
The month of May began with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000 giving up some of the gains they saw in April. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied mid-month to set new all-time highs in the fourth week. Both indexes declined during the fifth week and ended the period near where they began. The NASDAQ Composite, which carried its new all-time high into the May IMX period, also traded downward through the third week of the month and rallied into the fourth week. It also finished the month very near where it began. Despite the dips in the U.S. equity market indexes during the starting of the month, volatility in the S&P 500, as measured by the VIX, traded below 12 for the first time since early December 2014, and set a new year-to-date low for the second month in a row. Unemployment numbers—which have been noted as a key indicator of economic health by the Federal Reserve, and which they have hinted will play into their decision to raise rates—remained unchanged in April at 5.4% and non-farm payrolls for March were revised down. These numbers seemed to further reduce investor’s concerns of a near-term interest rate hike. In contrast to the U.S. equity market indexes, the 10-Year Treasury rate trended upward for the first three weeks of May, and declined only slightly to finish the month above where it began.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation provides securities brokerage services and related technology-based financial services to retail investors, traders, and independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) in the United States. Its products and services comprise tdameritrade.com, a Web platform for self-directed retail investors; Trade Architect, a Web-based platform that enables active investors and traders identify opportunities and stay informed; thinkorswim, a desktop platform for trading; and TD Ameritrade Mobile, which allows on-the-go investors and traders to trade and monitor accounts from Web-enabled mobile devices.
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW)’s shares gained 0.10% to $28.76.
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (ATW) declared that Mark W. Smith has been designated as the Company`s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith will report directly to Rob Saltiel, President and Chief Executive Officer, and will have responsibility for the company`s global financial operations. The appointment has been approved by Atwood`s Board of Directors and was effective June 3, 2015.
On May 27, 2015, Mr. Smith was designated as Chief Financial Officer on an interim basis. Prior to this, he served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since May 2014 and in other finance and administrative roles since joining the Company in February 2009. Counting his service to the Company, Mr. Smith has over 20 years` experience in the financial, consulting and energy industries.
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. is a leading offshore drilling company engaged in the drilling and completion of exploration and development wells for the global oil and gas industry. The Company presently owns 12 mobile offshore drilling units and is constructing two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Atwood Oceanics, Inc. common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ATW.”
Atwood Oceanics, Inc., an offshore drilling contractor, engages in the drilling and completion of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells worldwide. As of November 10, 2014, it owned a fleet of 13 mobile offshore drilling units, in addition to 3 ultra-deepwater drill ships under construction. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE)‘s shares surged 1.18% to $100.70.
Silagy has been with FPL and its parent company NextEra Energy Inc (NEE), Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) recently declared that its President and Chief Executive Officer Eric Silagy has been designated to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for a two-year term. Silagy joins an influential group of 100 business leaders who champion the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors and regions.
NextEra Energy, Inc., through its auxiliaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electric energy in the United States and Canada. The company generates electricity from gas, oil, solar, coal, petroleum coke, nuclear, and wind sources. As of December 31, 2014, it served about 9 million people through about 4.7 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:MMC), ended its Wednesday’s trading session with 0.30% gain, and closed at $59.21.
Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and careers, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), today announced the launch of the Mercer Pension Risk ExchangeSM (the “exchange”).The exchange is a groundbreaking solution that helps plan sponsors execute group annuity buyouts in a shorter timeframe and in a more competitive pricing environment. As the first platform of its kind, the exchange increases liquidity and price transparency by enabling plan sponsors to continuously monitor pricing and contract terms available in the group annuity market. The exchange also provides sponsors with greater exposure to a wider array of insurers that could potentially act as transactional counterparts for a buyout.
The exchange provides real-time online annuity pricing and trigger monitoring, combining a suite of buyout advisory and execution services. These comprise:
- Deal readiness:streamlining the process by creating an industry standard for data preparation and document specification.
- Dynamic monitoring:monitoring prices and metrics in real time to identify when conditions are optimal to execute.
- Execution support:providing comprehensive support to sponsors and fiduciaries to assist navigate the complexities of the buyout execution – ranging from insurer due diligence and asset preparation through to contract negotiation.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a professional services firm, provides advice and solutions primarily in the areas of risk, strategy, and people worldwide. It operates in two segments, Risk and Insurance Services; and Consulting. The Risk and Insurance Services segment offers risk administration services, such as risk advice, risk transfer, risk control, and mitigation solutions, in addition to insurance, reinsurance broking, catastrophe and financial modeling services, and related advisory services.
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