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In a move that signals the final maturation of digital asset infrastructure, S&P Global announced on September 17, 2026, its acquisition of OpenZeppelin. This is not merely a corporate consolidation; it is the formal emergence of a ‘credit rating for code’—a necessary evolution for institutional tokenization to move from experimental sandbox to the bedrock of […]

UiPath (PATH) trades at about $14, some 29% below its high of the past year, and it has lost 11.7% over the past month. Its results are not what did that. The fall is recent: the stock is still up 34.5% over the past three months, and over the past twelve months it returned 18.9% against 17.0% for the S&P 500. What matters is how far a stock like this falls in a real shock.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) has gained 9.5% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 added 0.6%. A week like that pulls money in. The stock is still about 55% below its 52-week high. The run is not the question. What matters for your money is what this stock does to your portfolio when the market moves, because it travels about four times as far as the index in both directions.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) grew revenue faster over the past twelve months than every company in its peer group, and only one company in that group earns a wider operating margin. Palantir also carries the group's highest earnings multiple. Over those same twelve months the stock returned less than the S&P 500. The operational lead is evident, but current market valuations appear to price in much of that outperformance.

Verizon Communications (VZ) trades near $48 a share and generated free cash worth 10.0% of its market value over the last twelve months. The median S&P 500 company manages 4.5%. A gap that wide usually means one of two things: a bargain, or a business the market expects to shrink. Verizon is neither, quite. The cash is real, and it is not all yours.

T-Mobile US (TMUS) stock fell 5.6% on 17 September to about $166, the lowest it has traded in a year. One session is not the problem: over the past twelve months the stock returned -28.5% while the S&P 500 returned 17.0%, and the year is what matters. A rising market did not do that. What changed is inside the business, and part of it is deliberate.

Walt Disney (DIS) has lost about 7% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. Disney trades at 21.3 times earnings, just under an S&P 500 median of 22.5. The question is whether that is a good business on sale, or a fair price for a slow grower.

Arista Networks (ANET) has gained 5.6% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 added 0.6%. A gap like that pulls buyers in. But the five-day move is not the question. The real one is what owning Arista does to your money every time the market moves, because it travels much further than the index in both directions.

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) analysts are flagging rising U.S. utility rates as a source of pressure on municipal finances. The firm reports that higher electricity and water costs are weighing on city budgets and could affect municipal credit quality. Analysts also point to growth in affordable housing and sustainable debt markets as areas drawing more issuer and investor attention. Rising U.S. utility rates and expanding affordable housing and sustainable debt activity are important; investors...

I am not opposed to credit rating agencies giving companies time to prove their business models. However, the numbers must also make sense.

Retirees who guess wrong on how much cash to hold face a brutal choice when stocks crater: sell at the bottom or run out of spending money. Three overlooked ETFs build a buffer that buys your portfolio time to recover without sacrificing too much yield.

ON Semiconductor (ON) stock trades near $67, about 50% below its 52-week high. It lost 43.7% over the trailing three months, ending with a 9.0% fall on September 16. Yet it is still up 38.4% over the trailing twelve months, against 15.5% for the S&P 500. The company's latest results show a business still shrinking but recovering, not one in trouble.

Cipher Digital (CIFR) stock fell 36.2% over the past three months. Over twelve months it is still up 54.1%, against 15.5% for the S&P 500. The company is moving from bitcoin mining to leasing data centers to hyperscale tenants. In past market shocks, the stock fell hard and bounced back fast.

Snap (SNAP) generates free cash worth 7.4% of its market value a year, against 4.5% for the median S&P 500 company. A yield that high usually points one of two ways: a bargain, or a business the market expects to shrink. Snap is not shrinking: revenue grew 19% year over year in Q2 2026. So the market is pricing something else, the profit that sits underneath the cash.

S&P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products.

S&P Global is buying code auditor OpenZeppelin days after backing Kaiko. Here is what the ratings giant is building.

Alphabet (GOOGL) has gained 3.7% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 fell 1.1%. A stock that rises in a down week gets attention. But five days say nothing about what Alphabet does to the rest of your money. The real question is what it does to your portfolio every time the market moves, because it travels further than the index in both directions.

Cava (CAVA) stock is down about 44% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 was roughly flat. A fall that size usually leaves something cheap behind. It has not here. Cava still trades at 88 times earnings against about 23 for the S&P 500, and much of what you are paying for is restaurants that are not open yet.

AppLovin (APP) has climbed 6.2% over the last five trading days while the S&P 500 slipped 1.1%. With the stock about 55% below its 52-week high, a week like that pulls in bottom hunters. But next week is the wrong question. What matters to your money is what holding AppLovin does every time the market moves, because it travels far further than the index, and furthest on the way down.

Qualcomm (QCOM) throws off free cash worth 5.2% of its market value each year, against 4.4% for the median S&P 500 company. A yield above the median means one of two things: a bargain or a business the market expects to shrink. Here it is mostly the second: the cash comes from smartphone chips, and Apple is leaving.

AT&T (T) is up 4.4% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 is down 1.1%. Strength in a weak tape pulls money in. That five-day move is not the question. The question is what holding AT&T does to your money when the market moves, because over the past year it has tended to go the other way.

PepsiCo (PEP) has gone nowhere for a year, down 1.8% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 returned 16.6%. At about $135 a share it trades at 17.7 times earnings, against an S&P 500 median of 22.5. A big cash generator priced below the market is what value buyers hunt for, so is this discount impatience or a verdict.

CME is expanding through higher trading volumes, new derivatives products and record market-data revenues while returning capital to shareholders.

S&P Global's recurring revenues, AI adoption and productivity gains support growth as rising investment costs and a business reset pressure margins.

IonQ (IONQ) stock trades at about $37, roughly 55% below its high inside the last year. The market did not do that: over the past twelve months the S&P 500 returned 16.6% while IonQ lost 33.4%. Its own numbers went the other way, which makes the downside hard to size.

Chasing the biggest dividend yields can quietly sabotage long-term income, and three mega-cap businesses with some of the smallest payouts on the market reveal exactly why the math works against most income investors.

S&P Global analysts see a “simmering risk” from high electricity and water costs but momentum in affordable housing and sustainable debt.

S&P Global, Cloudflare and Canadian Natural headline today's research, with growth drivers balanced by valuation, execution and market risks.

PG&E (PCG) has lost about 13% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. The California utility now trades at 9.5 times earnings against an S&P 500 median of 22.9, the kind of gap value buyers hunt for. So what has the market marked down: the utility, or the state it operates in.

If you own Autodesk (ADSK) or Fair Isaac (FICO), you own the same idea: software that customers keep paying more for. Fair Isaac grows by charging more for a score it already owns. Autodesk now grows partly by buying a business it did not have. Both raised guidance, and that fork makes the two raises different kinds of news.