The Dow Jones Industrial Average gets outsize attention, presenting a distorted picture of what’s going on with stocks.

Many Wall Street analysts think the S&P 500 will rise for the third consecutive year in 2025. Projections vary, but the consensus forecast appears to be that the index could jump in the ballpark of 10 ...

The S&P 500 upside surprise or beat rate is at +8.1% as of February 7, the highest upside surprise since (probably) 2021.

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 edged 0.4% higher on Thursday, Feb. 6, as investors responded to the latest earnings results and ...

Although many of Wall Street's most-influential businesses have leaned on AI as a way to fuel their growth, one of Wall ...

Many of you have written in asking about DeepSeek’s latest release and its potential effects on our dividends. Let’s discuss ...

Wednesday's chart of the day from Raymond James's Larry Adam has caught our eye. According to Adam, excluding Tesla Inc., ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a gain of 317.24 points, or 0.7%, at 44,873.28, led by gains for Amgen, Goldman Sachs, Sherwin-Williams and Nvidia. The S&P 500 ended 23.60 points higher ...

Low-cost passive index investing (in the S&P 500 or Nasdaq 100) has been key to impressive results in recent years. However, ...

The S&P 500 index trades at a forward price/earnings ratio of 21.9. The U.S. large-cap benchmark stock index is weighted by market capitalization. The index's current forward P/E valuation is 18% ...

The table below lists the S&P 500's top sectors by weighting as of Jan. 27, 2025. The information technology, financials, health care, and consumer discretionary sectors carry a cumulative weight of ...

Stocks rose on Tuesday as Wall Street sought stable footing following the latest developments on the global trade front.