85% of the stock market's return since 1960 came down to this factor—how to boost it in your portfolio

• It’s now a stock picker’s market as more shares outperform the S&P 500. Here’s what that means for your portfolio.

  The number of individual stocks outperforming the S&P 500 has exploded since the start of 2025 after a two-year stretch of unusually concentrated performance. That translates to a broader ...
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 24

• Your retirement savings are at risk in an insane stock market

  Fund managers admit they’re buying overvalued stocks.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 21

• AMC’s stock could get a boost from these three factors: analyst

  AMC Entertainment Holdings is in a good position for growth after the movie-theater chain and original meme stock reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue last week.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

• Singapore regulator to inject $4bn into stock market to boost listings

  Authorities also announce tax incentives as part of package designed to revive struggling equity market
  
  Financial Times - Feb. 21

• The Fed’s job is not to boost the stock market. Here’s what it should be doing.

  Getting inflation down to 2% should be the Fed’s No. 1 concern.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 22

• This neat trick makes it simpler to forecast a decade of stock-market returns

  A new research paper finds that there’s a simpler way of cyclically adjusting earnings to forecast future returns using just one year’s data instead of ten.
  
  MarketWatch - 6d

• How big is the stock market’s America bubble?

  US has grown to nearly two-thirds of global equity market value, but some analysts see danger in ‘huge bet on AI’
  
  Financial Times - 1d

• Tech stocks are down 7% since Trump's inauguration as trade war fuels uncertainty

  Tariffs may spike manufacturing costs for leading technology companies such as Apple and Nvidia that assemble and manufacture products outside the U.S.
  
  CNBC - 55m

• Stock splits tend to boost a company’s shares. Here’s how to find candidates.

  Stock splits make companies more attractive investments and boost share prices. Here’s how to find likely candidates.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 22

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• Trump's tariffs showcase his extraordinary presidential power — and its limitations

  President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports took effect Tuesday. But actually collecting them is proving complicated.
  
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• Trump 'bump' disappears as the S&P 500 is now negative since the election

  The S&P 500 is on track to close below its pre-election levels, while small caps and energy stocks are performing even worse since Trump's victory.
  
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• Trump 'bump' disappears as the S&P 500 is now negative since the election

  The S&P 500 is on track to close below its pre-election levels, while small caps and energy stocks are performing even worse since Trump's victory.
  
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• Pro-Trump techies enraged by president's crypto reserve announcement, causing early rift

  Some of President Donald Trump's most vocal supporters in tech took to social media to slam his latest proposal for a crypto strategic reserve.
  
  CNBC - 1h

• Aviation industry pushes Congress for air traffic improvements, more hiring

  The comments came in testimony ahead of a House committee hearing on air traffic modernization.
  
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• Bitcoin erases all of its gain that followed Trump's crypto reserve announcement

  Bitcoin failed to recover the $85,000 level, where it traded before President Donald Trump's announcement of a U.S. crypto reserve sent it soaring.
  
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• Trump 'bump' disappears as the S&P 500 is now negative since the election

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  CNBC - 14m

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  The S&P 500 is on track to close below its pre-election levels, while small caps and energy stocks are performing even worse since Trump's victory.
  
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• 'Music to our ears': Qualcomm CEO welcomes TSMC's $100 billion investment to boost U.S. chipmaking

  Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, said TSMC's investment in U.S. chip manufacturing will be important for the economy.
  
  CNBC - 16m

• 'Music to our ears': Qualcomm CEO welcomes TSMC's $100 billion investment to boost U.S. chipmaking

  Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, said TSMC's investment in U.S. chip manufacturing will be important for the economy.
  
  CNBC - 16m