US stocks held steady on Wednesday after a record S&P 500 close, with investors eyeing fresh economic data and Federal Reserve minutes for pointers to rate cuts in a holiday-shortened session. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) traded flat after the benchmark ended Tuesday above 5,500 for the first time. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was also […]
US stock futures held steady on Wednesday after a record S&P 500 close, with fresh economic data and Federal Reserve minutes on deck for pointers to rate cuts in a holiday-shortened session. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) traded flat after the benchmark ended Tuesday above 5,500 for the first time. Contracts on the tech-filled Nasdaq 100 […]
Nvidia stock has continued its stunning rally this year, sending the AI chip leader’s valuation past $3 trillion and making it an even bigger presence in the S&P 500. In fact, 34.5% of the S&P 500’s market cap gains so far this year can be attributed to Nvidia alone, according to Apollo Chief Economist Torsten […]
Dividend stocks help you to make money with no effort on your part. And that passive income can be incredibly powerful if it’s reinvested long-term and piles up over the years. It’s also a big part of why high-yielding dividend stocks can be particularly enticing, as they provide investors with more bang for their investment […]
The S&P 500Â includes some of the best companies in the world. Among the worst performers in the index this year are industry-leading businesses that could be undervalued. While the index is up 11% year to date, shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are down 39%, 19%, and 29%, respectively. […]
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is home to some of the best and most promising stocks you can own on the markets. When stocks in this broad index go on sale, it could be a prime time for investors to consider investing in them. Three S&P 500 stocks that have been crashing this year are […]
Companies in the S&P 500 (^GSPC) have reported what’s broadly been considered a solid Q1 earnings season for the index, with one key exception: drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY). Last month, the company reported a massive loss per share in the first quarter on charges related to a series of acquisitions and cut its profit […]
March was another winning month for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). The broad-market index gained 3.1%, beating the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite. The S&P 500 posted its best first-quarter gain since 2019. It’s up 10.1% this year and its new bull market finally became official in January. However, not every S&P […]
Containing the 500 largest publicly-traded U.S. companies by market cap, the S&P 500 is arguably the best indicator of the performance of the overall U.S. stock market. At least, it has been in the past. But something is happening that’s making the index’s performance somewhat misleading. As of March 6, the S&P 500 has gained […]
This is the Chart of the Week from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Stocks just finished off their best February since 2015 and settled at record highs. And we all know the story: The Magnificent Seven have lifted the S&P 500 (and now […]
(Bloomberg) — Just twenty-four days into 2024, and the S&P 500 has already blown past the Wall Street consensus over where the index will finish the year. Most Read from Bloomberg Helped by advances in Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp, the world’s most watched equity benchmark is again on the up in Wednesday trading. Rising […]
The S&P 500’s most recent surge to an all-time high is good news for investors. But just a few stocks drove almost half of the rally. X Nine S&P 500 stocks — including Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (BRCM) — added 40% of the market value gained since the index’s most recent low on […]