The article aims at a top-down analysis of the S&P 500 Index based on value, quality and momentum metrics. The S&P 500 is about 10% overvalued versus 11-year averages, with a quality score slightly above the historical baseline. Energy remains the top sector for value and quality, while healthcare and communication services are notably undervalued; industrials, technology, and materials are overvalued.
U.S. stocks roared back in May as global trade tensions eased, but tariff-related developments around the month's end suggest a smooth climb from here may be challenging.
On the latest episode of Market Domination Overtime: The S&P 500 rose more than 6% in May, the best May for the index since 1990. But one strategist warns that there could still be more volatility ahead.
Investors flocked to shares of NRG as the energy supplier boosted capacity. UnitedHealth stock slumped, and the company's CEO resigned.
S&P 500 earnings estimates have dropped, making valuation-focused strategies more appealing amid slower growth and recession concerns. The WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Fund ETF offers earnings-based exposure, outperforming the S&P 500 and trading at a P/E discount. EPS features solid risk metrics, a low expense ratio, and a defensive tilt, with top holdings in profitable large-cap tech and value stocks.
“The old axiom in the stock market about selling your stocks at the close of April and buying them back at the start of November used to make some sense,” says First Trust. Here's why it no longer does.
Major U.S. equities indexes tore higher to kick off the holiday-shortened trading week after President Trump postponed new tariffs on imports from Europe and a report showed an uptick in consumer confidence.
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US equity futures are pointing to a weaker open on Wall Street on Tuesday, despite gains in most other global markets after US bond yields softened. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.7%, while contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 were 0.8% lower and for Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4%.
For a minute there, it looked like the “Sell America” trade was poised to make a comeback on Monday after Moody's decided to strip the U.S. of its top-tier credit rating late Friday.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned Monday about the risks of record U.S. deficits, tariffs and international tensions. Dimon, the chairman of the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said stock markets aren't properly representing the possibility of higher inflation and even stagflation.
I never expected that the 145% (reciprocal plus base) tariffs between the US and China would last. The reason?