The remainder of the year will bring several challenges for investors and politicians alike. Unfortunately, the S&P 500's past performance during U.S. presidential election years suggests investors could experience some elevated volatility and lackluster returns between now and the end of the year...
Index funds: These are not technically stocks but funds that trade shares like them. They are passively managed funds that track the performance of a particular market index, like the S&P 500, a collection of 500 major publicly traded American companies. These might not come with the excitement...
Industrials sector performance is represented by the S&P Industrials Select Sector Index. Data as of December 9, 2024. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global. 2025: Onshoring, aerospace, and housing In the new year, I’m looking for opportunities that may arise from seve...
CMSI: Top Picks HANSOH PHARMA/ REMEGEN for CN Innovative Pharma Sector 2024/12/23 09:49 CST Recommend 3 Positive 5 Negative 3 LiDAR Supplier Innovusion, TECHSTARACQ-Z Reach De-SPAC Agreement 2024/12/23 09:45 CST Recommend 9 Positive 12 Negative 7 CMSI Rates H-shrs at Cautiously Recommen...
MSCI's U.S.-centric all-country index of stock performance in 47 countries rose 0.99% to close at an almost five-month high. Investors are waiting for euro zone and U.S. flash PMI data on Tuesday, which are expected to show less severe economic contractions than the prev...
Performance of Entertainment Sector - A Study of Selected Stocks of Indian Security MarketWith more than 600 television channels, 100 million pay-TV households, 70,000 newspapers and 1,000 films produced annually, India's vibrant media and entertainment (M&E) industry provides attractive growth ...
There are many ways to trade the semiconductor space, from identifying particular stocks to investing in the sector as a whole using exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Currency exchange rates (forex) impact broad sector performance, with just two of the top five highest capitalized components based ...
Energy sector stocks: Is now the time to invest?November 21, 2024Key takeaways Energy stocks continue to face headwinds in an environment where oil supplies outpace demand. Since early September, oil prices have hovered below the $70/barrel level. Performance for the energy sector over the...
Real estate sector performance is represented by the S&P 500 Real Estate Sector Index. Data as of December 9, 2024. Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global. The sector then gave back some of those gains in the latter months of the year, as long-term interest rates and...
This also hurt the performance of short volatility strategies, which had been crushed by a massive VIX squeeze at the start of August, Richey said. “Between the post-election unwind in broad stock market hedges and a suffering short-volatility crowd [throughout 2024], the derivatives market ...