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Home Depot (HD) stock is down about 24% over twelve months, while the S&P 500 returned about 19%. Most of that gets blamed on a frozen housing market, fair enough. The quieter risk sits inside the fiscal Q2 2026 results, which beat the company's own expectations: the growth is arriving in bigger baskets, and there are fewer of them.

A prolonged slide in Royal Caribbean shares has put the stock's price at odds with its underlying business metrics.

Tech stocks are under pressure today, and Navan is seeing outsized sell-offs.

Bitcoin couldn't escape today's inflation-driven selloff, but a bearish pattern on its chart is about to flip for the first time since November.

Jensen Huang saw opportunities in June's tech sector sell-off, but the next few months told a more complicated story for Nvidia.

Barclays Raises S&P 500 Forecast Despite Warning Signs From Utilities and Valuations

Today's wholesale inflation data sets the stage for tomorrow's consumer price index release, with investors watching closely for signs inflation is spreading beyond energy. The producer price index rose as expected in August, which prompted a move lower in equities, intensified bond yield rises, and caused a jump in odds of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 dropped 0.6% while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.6%.

SPGM delivered 24.4% over one year versus SCHE's 20.3%, though SCHE offers a lower expense ratio and higher dividend yield for income seekers.

Cooper won't sell its Surgical arm, and it was forced to cut forward guidance. Wall Street didn't like that.

Rate-hike odds for next week's Fed meeting jumped to 70%.

Stocks Fall as Treasury Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs After PPI Data

TAYD faces pressure as fiscal 2026 revenue falls 10% year over year, margins contract and backlog shifts heavily toward aerospace/defense.

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Bristol Myers growth brands and pipeline progress are boosting momentum, but generic pressure on its legacy portfolio warrants caution.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is home to the biggest and most well-known companies in the market, making it a go-to index for investors seeking stability. But not all large-cap stocks are created equal - some are struggling with slowing growth, declining margins, or increased competition.

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Meta Platforms (META) trades at about $653, roughly 16% below its 52-week high, and at 11.3 times operating cash flow against 15.2 for the S&P 500. A discount of this scale on a business delivering 28% top-line growth presents a notable valuation divergence, though one largely explained by the company's surging capital commitments. The cash flow that multiple is priced on is money Meta plans to spend.

Three indexes, one identical decline. Oil above $105 is casting heavy shadows over Wall Street.

These energy companies are taking advantage of higher profits and lower valuations to reward investors.

ECL benefits from high-tech growth, digital expansion, innovation and solid Q2 results, while cost fluctuations remain a key concern.

Microsoft (MSFT) runs the highest operating margin in its peer group and grows revenue faster than every rival there but one. Over the past twelve months its stock returned -0.5%, against 18.5% for the S&P 500 (SPY). At about $491.65 a share, it trades at 27.8 times earnings, second-richest in the group. Microsoft ranks first on profitability and fourth on the return, a gap worth explaining.

Could FIX's 12.4% pullback be a buying opportunity as record backlog, surging earnings and strong cash flow offset its premium valuation?

Today, Sept. 10, 2026, drone and defense stock AeroVironment jumps while broader markets fall as geopolitical tensions re-escalate.

Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. But they are at the whim of volatile macroeconomic factors that influence capital spending (like interest rates), and the industry has underperformed the market over the past six months as its 2.9% return lagged the S&P 500 by 10.2 percentage points.

HWC's 16.9% YTD rally reflects NIM gains and expansion, but rising costs, mortgage weakness and asset-quality risks cloud near-term upside.

SERV faces near-term pressure from weaker revenues and Uber uncertainty, but hospital wins, autonomy gains and new use cases offer growth avenues.

Restaurants are go-to meeting hubs for friends, family, and colleagues. But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows as they’re notoriously hard to run thanks to perishable ingredients, labor shortages, or volatile consumer spending. These factors have weighed on the industry over the past six months as its 4.4% return has fallen short of the S&P 500’s 13.1% gain.

Intuitive Machines has surged 75.4% in a year as contract wins and a record backlog fuel growth, but losses and rich valuation cloud near-term upside.

Three separate Wall Street risk models just converged on one signal

Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy, and the industry is currently lagging as its six-month return of 2.9% has trailed the S&P 500’s 13.1% gain.