How S&P 500 tends to perform during Thanksgiving week and into New Year’s Eve

U.S. stocks tend to post “solid” returns during Thanksgiving week, with even stronger gains during presidential election years, according to BofA Global Research.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 hours ago

Nvidia slips a spot among top S&P 500 stocks this year. Here’s what overtook it.

Nvidia’s stock now ranks third among the S&P 500’s biggest gainers for 2024. It held the No. 1 spot as recently as mid-September.

Business - MarketWatch - November 5

Goldman channels ‘Art of the Deal’ as it targets 6,500 for S&P 500 next year

Goldman Sachs has come out with its 2025 playbook for the stock market.

Business - MarketWatch - November 19

China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption

US officials say probe is part of wider operation to uncover graft in People’s Liberation Army

Business - Financial Times - 8 hours ago

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns with a few new surprises. Here's how to watch.

Learn more about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, including what time to tune-in, how to watch and stream the event, who is performing and what to expect.

Georgia election official appeals to Musk over foreign disinformation on X

Brad Raffensperger says viral post alleging repeat voting in US state is likely from ‘Russian troll farms’

World - Financial Times - November 1

Inflation vs consumption

Plus imports, and utilities

World - Financial Times - November 1

Low-volatility ETFs lose favour as investors jump to buffered peers

Despite poor returns in recent years, analysts say people could be missing out on their long-term investment potential

World - Financial Times - November 1

These are the S&P 500’s biggest laggards for October, down by as much as 29%

Super Micro joined the list after a 33% drop on Wednesday.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Why these 17 stocks in the S&P 500 are now more compelling

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says companies’ earnings are “catching up” to high P/E ratios for their stocks. Here are 10 companies to keep an eye on.

Business - MarketWatch - November 2

The S&P 500 has come to a major postelection crossroads

All-time highs were made, but not with the broad market participation you want to see.

Business - MarketWatch - November 16

The S&P 500 is inflated by 25% because investors don’t care about fundamentals

A bull market rooted in earnings is far more solid than one riding on emotions.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

Rain and snow fronts expected before and during Thanksgiving week, forecasters say

Multiple weather fronts will push rain and snow into the Midwest, the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast ahead of Thanksgiving week and some of the year's busiest travel days.

Strikes, rain and snow pose challenges during record Thanksgiving travel week

Some 80 million people are set to take to the roads, railways, skies and even cruise ships this week, each making trips of more than 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday.

Saturday Sessions: Amythyst Kiah performs "S P A C E"

Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah taught herself how to play guitar at 13 and studied bluegrass and roots music at East Tennessee State University. Soon after, she took all she had learned to record ...

United Airlines and Nvidia bookend list of 15 soaring S&P 500 stocks in October

Two airlines and two cruise lines make the list of the month’s best performers in the U.S. benchmark index.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Big Tech stocks rally, as tech now drives S&P 500 more than on Election Day 2016

Big Tech stocks rallied Tuesday as Americans cast their vote for the next U.S. president, fueling the S&P 500’s sharp gain.

Business - MarketWatch - November 5

The bull market is ‘still an infant’: Why Evercore sees the S&P 500 at 6,600 by mid-2025

The stock-market rally still has room to run, as Donald Trump’s stunning comeback for the White House and a potential Republican sweep in Congress may propel the S&P 500 to 6,600 by mid-2025, ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

S&P 500 in a ‘mania’ as stock-market rally overshoots, says Wall Street bear

One of Wall Street’s last remaining bears warned Thursday that the S&P 500 is approaching “mania” levels as stocks become more expensive, setting up the potential for a further surge in the near ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records and extend postelection rally as Fed cuts rates

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose Thursday, extending Wall Street’s rally in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, as traders weighed the latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve.

Micron tops list of 20 biggest winners in the S&P 500 this earnings season

Other companies showing very high sales growth with improving profit margins include BlackRock and Eli Lilly.

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

The Maga court: inside Donald Trump’s new White House

His first term was heavily reliant on the party establishment. The inner circle now includes several billionaires and is in tune with the ideas of the new right

Business - Financial Times - November 8

Why this analyst lifted S&P 500 target to 7,000 for 2025 and cited ‘meltup’ risk

Donald Trump’s White House administration may fuel the S&P 500’s rally to 7,000 by the end of next year, as the apparently jubilant U.S. stock market runs the risk of a melt up, according to ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 11

S&P 500 eclipses 6,000 and Dow surpasses 44,000. Here’s why stocks could keep climbing.

Stocks scored milestones on Monday, pushed higher by optimism about Donald Trump’s second term as president and by last week’s interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

Business - MarketWatch - November 11

Small-cap stocks are smoking the S&P 500. Bond yields may hold the key.

Small-cap stocks are on a tear this month, as investors question the sustainability of the rally and the future path of interest rates after President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House in ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 11

Will Super Micro get booted from the S&P 500? That may come before a delisting.

Super Micro shares are down more than 80% since the company joined the S&P 500 in March. That poor performance could catch the eye of the index committee, an expert said.

Business - MarketWatch - November 14

Nvidia tops list of favored S&P 500 stocks on expected sales growth through 2026

Other expected highfliers include KKR, AMD, Microsoft and Live Nation.

Business - MarketWatch - November 16

Morgan Stanley finally turns bullish on U.S. stocks as it says the S&P 500 could jump as high as 7,400

Better late than never? Morgan Stanley says it’s now overweight U.S. stocks.

Business - MarketWatch - November 18

S&P 500 bounces as stocks’ bull-market cycle seen potentially speeding up in 2025

The S&P 500 has bounced from its drop last week, a decline that had eroded its U.S. election bump without knocking the index off course toward a potentially big 2024 gain.

Business - MarketWatch - November 20

S&P 500 is on a 12-month tear as tariffs threaten 2025 outlook for U.S. stocks

U.S. stocks have been on a tear over the past 12 months — momentum that is threatened in part by the potential for inflation-stoking tariffs under President-elect Donald Trump.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

Here’s why Wall Street’s previously most bearish bank now sees the S&P 500 hitting 6,500 in 2025

Rate-cutting central banks and more AI-related spending should support U.S. stocks

Business - MarketWatch - 40 minutes ago

New Yorkers, How Will You Get to the Airport for Thanksgiving?

As the holiday approaches, we want to know how you plan on tackling one of the biggest travel days of the year.

Top stories - The New York Times - 6 days ago

Another bullish call for stocks in 2025. Wells Fargo raises S&P 500 target on strong economy, Trump’s policy changes.

Another Wall Street firm is increasing its S&P 500 target for next year, with a view that stocks are poised to extend their bull-market run to at least the end of 2025

Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago

Nvidia and the Magnificent Seven probably make up too much of your high-priced index fund, especially when the S&P 500 is this expensive

Also: Viking Therapeutics and a push to transform weight-loss treatment, bitcoin hits $100,000, and tips for filling out the federal student-aid form.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

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