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.
While investors pour capital into AI and mega-cap tech, one overlooked sector keeps quietly delivering solid earnings and shareholder returns at a fraction of the market's valuation. The case for financials may be stronger…
If you own a broad index fund, you may be far more exposed to a handful of mega-cap stocks than you realize, and trimming that risk does not require abandoning tech altogether.
Three and a half years of rate hikes, inflation scares, and recession warnings failed to stop this rally, and Goldman Sachs just revealed exactly where it stands against nearly a century of bull market…
Small-cap stocks are staging their most dominant run against the S&P 500 in over two decades, and three ETFs are competing for the best seat at the table. Which one actually comes out ahead…
Shares of Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL | MRVL Price Prediction) are up 7% to $247 and change in midday trading Thursday, riding a broad semiconductor rebound that’s lifted the entire AI chip complex. Marvell stock…
The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) both get pitched as reasonable core holdings, but they are not interchangeable. VOO owns the entire large-cap U.S. earnings stream. QQQ owns…
If you want plain vanilla S&P 500 exposure, two funds dominate the shortlist: SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPLG) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO). They hold the same 500 companies in the same…
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL | MRVL Price Prediction) stock is extending one of the year’s most explosive runs. Shares are up 7% to $296.25 in midday trading on Tuesday, building on a parabolic rally that…
Due to the attention given to their trillion dollar market caps and preoccupation with A.I., the Magnificent 7 stocks (Apple, Amazon, Alphabet/Google, Meta Platforms/Facebook, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Tesla) often make people forget that…
SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) stock is down 8% on Thursday, June 18, sliding to $176 a day after the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision. The pullback broke a three-day winning streak, the…
Shares across the AI infrastructure complex are trading mixed after well-known short seller Jim Chanos publicly compared today's artificial intelligence capital spending boom to the 1999-2000 telecom build-out. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock is on the…
SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) stock is in pullback mode this morning, trading down 6% to $190 after briefly clearing the $210 mark this morning. Shares of SpaceX closed at $201.80 on June…
Air taxi stocks are in the clouds at midday Monday, led by EHang (NASDAQ:EH) stock, which is up 18% to around $7.84. Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR | ACHR Price Prediction) shares are rallying 10%, while…
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) stock is up 5% in Monday midday trading, changing hands near $134. The move comes alongside a broad risk-on rally, with the NASDAQ 100 tracking ETF Invesco…
Shares of Quantum Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:QUBT) stock and D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) stock are both up 12% in Monday morning trading, leading a broad rally across the handful of publicly traded quantum-computing pure plays. QUBT…
