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Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn as the industry has shed 1.2% over the past six months. This performance is a far cry from the S&P 500’s 11.3% ascent.
Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley said in a note Thursday that institutional investors rotated heavily into technology during the second quarter, following the sector's outsized rally, while trimming exposure to financials and energy.
Stocks with lofty valuations can be extra vulnerable when the broader market suffers a correction.
Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Thursday as government bond yields rebounded after a respite earlier in the week, while markets awaited retail giant Walmart's
S&P 500 companies are winding up a banner quarterly earnings season, fueled in large part by surging profits at AI-related companies. The S&P 500 is on track for a 52% surge in aggregate second-quarter earnings from the year before, helped by a 74% profit jump in the technology sector. The figures include big mark-to-market boosts at Alphabet and Amazon, both of which recognized large gains in the period on investments in AI highfliers such as Anthropic.
You do not expect a pharmaceutical giant with a $376 billion market cap to put up numbers that make growth investors blush. Yet over the last 12 months, Merck (MRK) handed investors an 80% return, lapping the S&P 500. The apex occurred yesterday, August 19, 2026, when the stock surged to all-time highs.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is often seen as a benchmark for strong businesses, but that doesn’t mean every stock is worth owning. Some companies face significant challenges, whether it’s stagnating growth, heavy debt, or disruptive new competitors.
↘️ Coty (COTY): The beauty company reported a steeper loss and guided for a drop in sales in the current quarter. Shares fell over 7% before the bell. ↘️ Moderna (MRNA): Shares pulled back 10% in premarket trading following yesterday’s 177% rally— the biggest gain for any stock in the S&P 500 in the past 25 years.
Improving growth prospects, better value, and lesser tech exposure could make international stocks an intriguing pick for the next decade.
U. S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday after a Treasury intervention helped stabilise government bond markets and supported Wall Street in the previous session.
Investors who want to beat the S&P 500 may want to give these growth stocks a closer look.
Stocks looked set to struggle for direction on Thursday as the previous session’s bond-market rally ran out of gas. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid 38 points, or 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures ticked up 0.1%.
McDonald's, Starbucks and Yum! Brands are included in this Analyst Blog.
Control of Congress may not matter as much as you'd think.
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Thursday, Aug, 20 2026 US stock futures are slightly higher this morning, with E mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures ahead around 0.1% to 0.2%. The key driver is the US 10 year Treasury yield holding near 4.75%, which means borrowing costs for mortgages, car loans and corporate debt remain relatively high. At the same time, US housing data is mixed, with building permits rising 5% in July while housing starts fell 12.4%,...
Markets continued to assess the implications of the Treasury's bond buyback plans, Trump's economic warfare plans, and the national debt above $40 trillion.
Nvidia, Micron and Alphabet have been highlighted in this Earnings Trends article.
U.S. stock futures are posting modest gains early Thursday as investors evaluate an intensifying U.S. economic offensive against Iran alongside incoming corporate earnings and a recent Treasury buyback announcement. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is leaning heavily bullish for the...
You could do a thought experiment to gauge your appetite for outsize holdings, says Cindy Wilson, a certified financial planner at HB Wealth in Alpharetta, Ga. For example, if a client was sitting on a $500,000 position in Apple Wilson would ask, what if they had $500,000 in cash instead? Before deciding whether to sell, consider how much capital-gains tax you may owe if you sell shares in a taxable account.
The breakthrough sparked a broad biotech rally, lifting Merck, BioNTech, Arcturus, cancer-treatment developers, gene-editing stocks and biotech ETFs.
Reddit, Inc. (NYSE:RDDT) shares climbed 12.6% to $178.09 on August 14 after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the social-media company would join the S&P 500 before trading begins on August 18. J.P. Morgan estimates that index-tracking funds will require exposure equivalent to about 16.7 million Reddit shares, equivalent to nearly three times Reddit’s average daily […]
Promising news from a major drug company, reports of some dovish Fed committee members, and a government bond buyback announcement combined forces to boost markets on Wednesday. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also closed up 0.2%. The Treasury Department’s announcement this morning also helped calm the bond market—though for how long remains to be seen after the U.S. debt crossed a $40 trillion threshold on Wednesday.
There are high-quality, low-priced opportunities in this market, but you need to know where and how to look. Here are five undervalued stocks to buy right now.
Q2 earnings performance significantly exceeded recent historical baselines, with both growth rates and beat percentages tracking comfortably above 20-quarter averages. Even when excluding hefty contributions from Micron and Alphabet, the overall Q2 earnings picture remained rock-solid.