The S&P 500 is a market-capitalization-weighted index of 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States. It covers a diverse range of industries including technology, finance, energy, and consumer goods. Launched in 1957 by Standard & Poor’s, it is considered one of the best representations of the overall U.S. equity market. The S&P 500 is widely used as a benchmark for mutual funds, ETFs, and institutional investors, and is often regarded as the most accurate reflection of U.S. corporate performance.
A year of steady gains has put Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) in step with the entire technology sector and well ahead of its biggest mega-cap rivals. That turns the choice between banking profits and holding on into a…
By David Moadel
· 2:33pm ET Wall Street can absorb plenty of bad news when corporate profits keep growing. The trouble starts when a single development threatens earnings and makes stocks less attractive to own at the same…
Rich Duprey Optical component makers are being sold as a group after a year of extraordinary gains, and the pressure is landing hardest on the names that ran furthest. Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI)…
A Q1 FY2027 revenue record from Tilray Brands (NASDAQ:TLRY) is drawing heavy selling, because the segment that built the company’s following moved the wrong way. Tilray Brands shares are at $3.56, down…
A maintained Buy rating from Northland Securities has done little to steady Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) stock, and the tension between that bullish research view and the selling is the story worth following. Gorilla…
One advertising technology stock climbed 46% this year while Trade Desk collapsed, and that split forces every shareholder to confront whether the buying side of programmatic advertising faces a temporary stumble or something far…
Chief executive Ryan Cohen disclosed a $26 million purchase of GameStop (NYSE:GME | GME Price Prediction) shares in a regulatory filing earlier this week, putting his own money behind the retailer at recent levels.…
Shares of Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) have gone on a month-long tear that stands out against both the broad market and every other name in its immediate neighborhood. Bloom Energy stock is at $277.81, having…
Index-removal flows are still pressuring The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD | TTD Price Prediction) on Tuesday morning, and its ad-tech peers are moving with it rather than against it. Session-wide volatility is muted, which makes…
WisdomTree's DGRW distributes cash to shareholders every single month, yet its largest holdings read like a growth fund roster rather than an income portfolio. Whether that contradiction works for or against dividend investors depends…
On Holding (NYSE:ONON | ONON Price Prediction) shares are climbing Friday morning after reports that French soccer star Kylian Mbappé is joining the Swiss brand’s push into football, taking it into cleats and match-day…
That 9% yield looks like a dream until you check what happened to the principal underneath it. Some of today's most popular high-yield ETFs have a track record that should make income investors rethink…
