Saudi's Tadawul ranked world's 25th biggest stock market

as declared in The Saudi Stock Exchange, also known as Tadawul, is ranked the 25th biggest bourse in the world with a market capitalisation of $451 billion, according to its 2017 annual report. The report elaborates on Tadawul's strategy and its role in realizing the Saudi Vision 2030 - most notably, the launch of Nomu, the parallel market. It said that the Tadawul All Share Index's (TASI) year-to-date gains currently stand at around 17 percent, making it the best performing equity market when compared to major international and regional indices. Looking ahead, Jadwa said it expects the combination of both FTSE Emerging Market (EM) and MSCI EM inclusion to bring in a minimum of $15 billion in passive inflows by the end of 2019. It added that it also expects active investors benchmarked to MSCI EM to start entering the market prior to actual inclusion, which is expected to drive TASI performance even higher.

Facebook's $100 billion-plus rout is the biggest loss in stock market history

Facebook on Thursday posted the largest one-day loss in market value by any company in U.S. stock market history after releasing a disastrous quarterly report. The social media giant's market capitalization plummeted by $119 billion to $510 billion as its stock price plummeted by 19 percent. No company in the history of the U.S. stock market has ever lost $100 billion in market value in just one day, but two came close. View Related ChartOn Sept. 22, 2000, Intel shed $90.74 billion in market value as the dot-com bubble burst. Earlier that year, Microsoft lost $80 billion from its market cap in one day.

The stock market's biggest bear calls out a huge investing mistake that could have 'brutal consequences' — and explains how it will cause the next market crash

As it stated in Reuters / Cheryl Ravelo-GagalacIn the stock market , the concept of valuation can mean different things, depending on the investor. Ever the market skeptic, he says such an approach is a big mistake, and creating a dangerous situation. "Market returns and economic growth have underlying drivers," Hussman wrote in a recent blog post . The chart below provides a visual representation for why Hussman thinks these consequences could be manifested as a two-thirds decline for the S&P 500 . And as the stock market has continued its seemingly unstoppable grind higher, he's persisted with his calls, undeterred.

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