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Wall Street rallied broadly as all 11 S&P 500 sectors traded in the green. The S&P 500 rose 1%, the Nasdaq gained 1.1%, and the Dow Jones added 0.9%, marking a rare session of universal sector advanc…
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF faces a fourth consecutive weekly decline, signaling deteriorating market breadth. While the S&P 500 remains up over 11% year-to-date, stalling participation amon…
The S&P 500 is experiencing broader market participation as the equal-weight index outperforms the cap-weighted version year-to-date. With tech concentration historically high, investors are rotating…
Fuller & Thaler launched the Behavioral Growth ETF (FTG), targeting growth stocks mispriced by investor overreaction. With only 16 trading days, high expense ratios, and ongoing mega-cap concentratio…
Horizon's Mike Dickson notes that rising oil prices and higher interest rates are cushioned by resilient corporate earnings and strong market breadth. He argues equities are well-positioned and poten…
Despite September's poor historical seasonality, analysts argue this year is different due to strong market breadth, solid earnings growth, and low volatility. While elevated bond yields remain a ris…
Microsoft and other large tech giants drove weekly gains for major indexes. However, this masked underlying weakness in small caps and various sectors, creating a mixed market picture.
Madison Investments warned of extreme market narrowness driving S&P 500 gains amid AI hype. The fund added Intercontinental Exchange, arguing market concerns over AI disruption are misplaced while hi…
Madison Large Cap Fund reported an 8.4% Q2 gain, trailing the S&P 500's 15.2% rise, warning of extreme market narrowness in AI stocks while highlighting Keysight Technologies' 31% revenue growth driv…
Madison Investments released its Q2 letter, warning of extreme market narrowness and potential AI bubble risks despite strong S&P 500 gains. The fund highlighted insurer Arch Capital Group, praising …
Madison Investments warned that the S&P 500's strong performance is overly concentrated in a narrow group of AI stocks, risking dot-com-style pullbacks. The fund initiated a position in Intercontinen…
Major US indices advance on Wednesday as the S&P 500 rises 0.29% and the Dow Jones adds 130 points. Solid gains in healthcare and retail shares outweigh declines in industrial and financial stocks.
S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally on broad market participation and robust 20% earnings growth. However, rising crude oil prices and soaring 10-year Treasury yields approaching 5% remain key upside risks for …
A new Hindenburg Omen technical indicator has triggered, signaling extreme underlying market dispersion in US equities. While historically associated with near-term market pullbacks and lower three-m…
Bank of America projects hyperscaler capex to surpass rest of S&P 500 combined next year, totaling $1.072 trillion, highlighting AI infrastructure spending surge from 16% share in 2023.
Major indices hit new highs as AI hardware earnings drove mixed sector moves—Lumentum, SMCI, CoreWeave, Nebius, Sandisk rallied while Cisco and Coherent lagged, reflecting selective but ongoing bulli…
Citi maintains S&P 500 target of 8,100, raising full-year EPS estimate to $365 on strong Q2 earnings. Rally requires broader participation beyond megacaps and sustained AI earnings confidence, with g…
S&P 500 edges up 0.06% while Dow Jones falls 37 points. Home Depot, Merck, and Sherwin-Williams lead losses, offset by gains in Chevron, UnitedHealth, and Walt Disney.
S&P 500 earnings growth exceeds 50%, the fastest since 2021, with 90% of companies beating estimates. Tech, AI-related capex, and unrealized gains at Alphabet and Amazon are driving record market hig…
A sharp short-covering rally has lifted the S&P 500 and chip stocks since July 29, with MSFT, NVDA, AMZN, and GOOGL adding $2.5T combined. AAPL fell 8%, losing $400B, as breadth remains narrow and re…