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Alphabet (GOOGL) stock is up about 25.34% year to date, at the time of writing, Saturday afternoon, May 16, according to Yahoo Finance. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 8.4% in the same period. Google has managed to outpace the S&P 500, but it has also outpaced other ...
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Retail trading conversations online increasingly sound like one giant futures trading convention. Scroll through Reddit, YouTube or Discord trading groups and you’ll quickly notice a pattern: traders who once focused on forex or stocks now talk almost exclusively about futures...
Paring down the central bank's balance sheet, or doing nothing at all, poses potentially dire consequences for the stock market.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was among Jim Cramer’s Mad Money stock calls as he urged investors to exercise caution when it comes to red-hot AI stocks. Cramer commented on the company’s valuation, as he said: How about NVIDIA? Look, it’s finally moving, up… 4.4% today. Good reason. There’s a very good chance that, based on forward […]
Goldman Sachs said the S&P 500 has continued climbing to record levels as stronger corporate earnings and upward revisions to profit forecasts fuel investor confidence. The benchmark index has advanced 8% so far this year through Monday.
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Jerome Powell's successor and the Chicago Fed president foresee wildly different interest rate outcomes from the evolution of AI.

Investors step into the week after a Friday in the red, spurred by a stable of geopolitical uncertainties post Trump-Xi summit, rising bond yields, and sticky inflation.
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Wall Street's rip-roaring bull market may be nearing an end, with the president himself delivering the fatal blow.
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Whether you see them or not, energy businesses play a crucial part in our daily activities, from powering our homes and businesses to powering our transportation and industries.But their prominence also brings high exposure to the ups and downs of economic and energy cycles. Luckily, the tide is turning in their favor as the industry’s 39.2% return over the past six months has topped the S&P 500 by 29.2 percentage points.
Business services providers use their specialized expertise to help enterprises streamline operations and cut costs. Furthermore, the demand for their offerings is rising as more clients outsource non-core functions, a trend that has enabled the industry to return 9.4% over the past six months, almost identical to the S&P 500.
Regarded as defensive investments, consumer staples stocks are generally safe bets in choppy markets. The flip side is that they frequently fall behind growth industries when times are good, and this perception became a reality over the past six months as the sector was down 2.3% while the S&P 500 was up 10%.
Integer Holdings has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 15%. The stock now trades at $85.04, marking a 25% gain. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Nicolet Bankshares has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 13.8% to $142.53 per share while the index has gained 10%.
While the S&P 500 (^GSPC) includes industry leaders, not every stock in the index is a winner. Some companies are past their prime, weighed down by poor execution, weak financials, or structural headwinds.
Banks use their capital and expertise to help businesses grow while offering consumers essential financial products like mortgages and credit cards. These institutions have benefited from improved net interest margins and robust credit growth, so it’s no surprise the banking industry has posted a 10.2% gain over the past six months, nearly mirroring the S&P 500.
Since November 2025, Black Stone Minerals has been in a holding pattern, posting a small loss of 1.1% while floating around $13.51. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 10% gain during that period.
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Investors already factor in cyclicality in the chip industry. The bad news is that they’ve frequently gotten their assessments wrong.
The S&P 500 keeps hitting record highs. The Nasdaq is surging. Semiconductor stocks have gained 64% since late March. By every headline measure, the 2026 stock market looks like one of the strongest in years. Jim Cramer thinks that reading is dangerously incomplete. And on May 11, he used Mad ...
The Shiller CAPE ratio is inching closer to the all-time highs of the dot-com bust in 2000.
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