Key Takeaways The S&P 500 added 0.4% on Thursday, Jan. 30, as a report showed consumer spending continued to buoy economic growth.Las Vegas Sands shares pushed higher as the casino operator topped sales forecasts,
The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is the best performer but more risk-averse investors may prefer the more broadly diversified S&P 500.
So-called Big Tech stocks with outsized weightings in the S&P 500 were rising sharply Wednesday, with gains led by Nvidia Corp. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF, whose portfolio equally weights seven Big Tech stocks — Nvidia,
Amazon's e-commerce dominance, bolstered by AI personalization, in my opinion, ensures continued top-line growth and stock outperformance against the S&P 500. Read more here.
The S&P 500 climbed to a fresh record on Thursday, driven by President Donald Trump’s calls for immediate interest rate cuts and cheaper oil prices.
The S&P 500 delivered back-to-back annual total returns of over 25% in 2023 and 2024. The technology sector drove the S&P higher on that occasion too, but the catalyst is artificial intelligence (AI) this time.
US stocks gained steam on Thursday afternoon as investors digested megacap tech earnings and waited for Apple (AAPL) results for more clues on prospects for Big Tech. Right ahead of the closing bell,
Wall Street is coming off a losing session after the Federal Reserve paused its interest rate-cutting campaign, leaving its borrowing rate unchanged in a range between 4.25% and 4.5%. In their postmeeting statement, policymakers noted that inflation remains "somewhat elevated."
The rest of the stock market could finally catch up to the Magnificent Seven this year—and it has nothing to do with DeepSeek. The gap in earnings growth between the Magnificent Seven and the rest of the benchmark index should compress from roughly 8 percent to less than 5 percent by the end of 2025,
This week's action in the stock market has made clear that the S&P 500 has become a riskier play - despite its status as the benchmark for U.S. large-cap stocks - because it has become a highly concentrated growth index. But there is an easy way to cut this risk while still holding large-cap growth stocks in a low-cost index fund.
A development in the field of artificial intelligence that staggered asset prices could help set the stage for broader stock strength beyond the narrow group of technology shares that has propelled the market higher.
Amazon (AMZN) closed at $238.15 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.16% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.92%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.31%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.