Houghton, Michigan. Not to be confused with Houghton Lake, Michigan. Houghton (/ËhoÊtÉn/) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and largest city in the Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,708. It is the county seat of Houghton County.
Some investors and analysts use pre-market futures to predict how a stock will perform once the market opens. The stock index future price, which is the pre-market futures average, reflects what price the stock might open at. The stock index future price does not always correlate with the stock's actual opening price. At times the opening price might vary drastically from the index future price.
Standard and Poor's 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. The index was developed with a base level of 10 for the 1941-43 base period. Address.