The top two stocks in the S&P 500 (Apple & Microsoft) now represent a combined 15% of the index, the highest weighting for two companies with data […]
Two stocks in the S&P500 account for 15% of the index
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Development Magnificent Seven vs. S&P 493 YTD
“Magnificent Seven” up 54.6% while the remaining 493 remain almost unchanged. Magnificent Seven + 54%. The 493 other stocks included in the S&P 500: -1%. S&P 500: […]
Speculators buy the S&P500
Speculators are buying the S&P500, which could mean that they think the stock market has now fallen too much. Speculators’ positioning went net long on S&P 500 […]
Forget about Timing the Market
Can investors realistically time the market to maximize returns, especially in the long term? According to a recent study by Charles Schwab, perfectly timing the market is […]
Succeeding on the stock market, some basic tips
News, Hollywood movies and TV all assume you know what the stock market is and how it works. Everyone knows that you can make a lot of […]
The top seven tech stocks now reflect 29.7 percent of the S&P index
The top seven technology stocks in the US, also known as the top seven technology stocks, are up over 50% since the beginning of the year. They […]
McRib and its impact on the US stock market
Ritholtz Wealth Management COO and “Of Dollars And Data” founder Nick Maggiulli even calculated a correlation between the S&P 500 and the availability of the McRib at […]
The Magnificent 7 now represent over 28% of the S&P 500.
“The Magnificent 7 now account for over 28% of the S&P 500. We have not seen this level of concentration since 2000. The S&P is up 14% […]
The only fund to beat Nasdaq in the long term
For active managers, the math is stark. Out of thousands of funds, literally only one has beaten the Nasdaq 100 in the last five, 10 and 15 […]
What is the stock market and how does it work?
The stock market is an important part of a stock market. It facilitates transactions between traders of financial instruments and between buyers and sellers. It is also […]
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats sorted by analyst ratings
In this piece, we will take a look at the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, the so-called dividend aristocrats, sorted by analyst ratings. Dividends are one of the […]
Berkshire Hathaway stock could crash 99 percent and would still have outperformed the S&P 500
If Berkshire Hathaway stock fell 99 percent, Buffett would still have outperformed the S&P 500. Berkshire’s stock has increased by 3,800,000% between 1965 and 2022, a period […]
The importance of seven shares
7 or 493 shares, where is the significance of seven shares in the S&P500? So far in 2023, only 7 stocks have generated most of the returns […]
What the US credit rating downgrade means
Fitch Ratings recently lowered its credit rating on US debt to AA+ – one notch below the agency’s highest rating of AAA. The decision by Fitch seems […]
Seasonal update for the S&P 500 reporting period
In the middle of the Q2 seasonal update for the S&P 500, the number of companies reporting positive earnings surprises is above recent averages. The magnitude of […]
1,000 in Apple’s IPO is worth 1.3 million today
If you invested $1,000 in Apple’s IPO in the 1980s, you would have around $1.3 million today. But you would also have had to deal with: 15 […]
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