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(Updates with market moves at the end of the day, and other changes, if any.) The S&P 500 retreat

The S&P 500 on Friday pulled back from its record high after another soft economic data release, but the market’s fear gauge continued to snooze. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.3%.

Chip stocks retreat after a record market run.

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This chip giant's profits are near the top of its class, but its stock performance is stuck in the middle of the pack. Has the market correctly spotted a flaw in the growth story.

A historically expensive trade suddenly looks much less crowded

Reddit just scored S&P 500 membership, but the pop is already fading and the stock sits down 24% for the year. The path back to $200 depends on forces that index inclusion alone cannot deliver.

When a leading growth stock resets its base count, it tends to wipe the slate clean of sellers, improving the chance for a breakout.

Its correlation to the market is only moderate, so much of what it does is genuinely its own, but the stock has moved several times as far as the index in both directions.

Reddit is joining the big leagues with its S&P 500 inclusion.

Almost every ETF claiming to own Dividend Aristocrats actually mixes in other holdings, but a small group of funds holds nothing but these elite dividend growers. Choosing the wrong one in 2026 could cost you years of compounding.

Semiconductors are the picks and shovels of modern technology. The way we live and work is also changing with AI, which is creating secular demand for more powerful chips. As a result, the industry has seen solid stock price performance over the last six months as its gain of 46.5% has outpaced the S&P 500’s 13.5% return.

Don't let sudden moves set you back because of impatience.

The stock outran both Broadcom and NVIDIA over the past year, and the part of the company that did it moves data inside and between data centers rather than computing on it.

The stock market rally shows several stocks in extended positions. Four stocks near new highs and buy points are on watch.

Decades of market history suggest this rally has room

Tom Lee wants a 10% correction before the S&P 500 reaches 8,000. Bitcoin, near $63,000, already took that hit.

Clean Harbors trades at $311.57 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 16.7% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 13.5%.

While the S&P 500 is up 13.5% since February 2026, ExxonMobil (currently trading at $159.68 per share) has lagged behind, posting a return of 6.5%. This might have investors contemplating their next move.

The businesses that produced this recovery were named in the company's own reports well before the shares moved.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has limited what he says to public audiences.

Consumer spending fell in July while Middle East hostilities weigh on risk appetite, today, Aug. 14, 2026.

Index funds have no choice but to buy Reddit shares this month, and that forced demand is already sending the stock soaring. But the mechanics behind the rally tell a very different story than the price tag suggests.

Reddit will join the S&P 500 next week, giving the wide-ranging online forum a boost in prestige and investments. Joining the S&P 500 is considered an achievement for a company because the index is a widely followed measure of the broader U.S. stock market’s health. Reddit's stock surged nearly 14% around midday Friday.

Sandisk's recent investor day conference was a hit with analysts.

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a look at the travel sector's recent market performance, highlighting how AI demand and AI adoption are playing crucial roles.

A low correlation to the index says the return is genuinely its own, while its behavior on the market's down days says it has not softened them.

Citi continues to see a path for the S&P 500 to reach 8,100 by year-end after raising its full-year earnings forecast following a stronger-than-expected second-quarter reporting season. Strategists led by Scott Chronert said the fundamental forces underpinning the target “remain mostly in place,” although the next stage of the rally will likely require broader market participation and sustained confidence in artificial intelligence-related earnings.

Reddit (RDDT) will be joining the S&P 500 (^GSPC) next week. Morning Brief host Julie Hyman, Investopedia editor in chief Caleb Silver, and Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley discuss the details.

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, bought 8 million shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the second quarter and poured several hundred million dollars more into US equities.