Robert Hum is the Markets Producer at CNBC.
By the Numbers
Robert Hum
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U.S. stocks posted strong gains in January, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to trade near an all-time high.
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In the past four months, which was the better bet -- Facebook or Apple?
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Facebook will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index prior to the open Wednesday.
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For the third Presidency in a row, a President has been re-elected to serve a second term (Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama).
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Twenty-five years ago today, on what became known as 'Black Monday', the Dow plunged 22.6 percent, its biggest single-day drop ever.
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With just one trading day left in the month (and the third quarter), the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up about 2.5 percent. The blue-chip average, in fact, is on track to have gained in 11 of the past 12 months for the first time in half a century.
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Stocks had a great first half of September, but the tide is turning towards the end of the month.
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The U.S. economy may not be recovering as fast as President Obama likes, but at least he can make one claim: The stock market has done better under his watch than with any other recent president.
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Sears Holdings is being replaced in the S&P 500 by chemical maker LyondellBasell, after the close of trading on September 4.
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It takes 17 Nasdaq 100 stocks to match Apple’s point impact on the index this year.
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Apple's tumble sent its stock to a 52 week low, and suffered the added misfortune of losing its mantle as "world's most valuable company".
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More than 93 percent of the S&P 500 are trading above their moving 50-day moving average.
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A widespread rally on Wall Street this year, lifted nearly 37 percent of the S&P 500 components to a new 52-week high.
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Some stocks that investors had given up for dead are finding new life in the current market rally.
