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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Credit Suisse raised its S&P 500 target for where this index will trade at the end of the year to 4,700 and became the most bullish Wall […]
AAPL is now approaching eight percent of the S&P 500’s total weight. Below we show a great chart created by Nate Geraci that tracks the major weightings […]
The US GDP figure for the first quarter of this year has been revised upwards by two percent and at the same time US consumer confidence rose. […]
Traders who want to analyze the overall trends of the broad market can turn to the S&P 500 advance-decline line. The advance-decline line is an indicator used […]
There are three reasons why the stock market could rise to record levels by the end of 2023. One reason is the fact that market breadth has […]
US stock markets continue to rise for the fifth consecutive week. In addition to the companies known as FAANGS, the “Next 7” have all delivered a fantastic […]
In finance, a ‘top-heavy’ index refers to a situation where a small number of large companies hold a significant share of the total value of a stock […]