Politics can play a big role in stock markets, and the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is prompting Wall Street to speculate on how a change in administration might impact the markets. Stocks have soared ~+45% since President Joe Biden took office, but traders are...
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Year-to-date, or YTD, XLI has gained +7.32%, while SPY has climbed +12.35%. The top five gainers in the industrial sector (stocks with a market cap of over $2B) all gained more than +7% each this week. YTD, 4 out of these 5 stocks are in the gre...
Since SPY stock owns all the stocks in the S&P 500, its holdings are an open book. And SPY gives greater weight to stocks with bigger market values, so you can know what its top holdings are at any time. It's important to note that SPY weights stocks based on the value of stock av...
Although stocks traded lower, the commodity trade ramped into high gear with gold settling at new record highs, just $10 shy of that key $1300 level; also silver and copper surged as well. How should you position? If you believe in gold, look at the gold miners, says Joe Terranova. Ho...
To furnish his point, the technician unveiled charts of some large industrial stocks, such asGeneral Electric,BoeingandPentair, pointing out that all recently broke their uptrends. The most dramatic example of a break in trend, however, came forPrecision Castparts, which fell steeply last week aft...
XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR Fund8,574,174$19,648,800.00 VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF8,534,112$78,378,700.00 IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF8,500,744$79,240,400.00 VEAVanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF7,971,731$139,707,000.00 ...
Since SPY stock owns all the stocks in the S&P 500, its holdings are an open book. And SPY gives greater weight to stocks with bigger market values, so you can know what its top holdings are at any time. It's important to note that SPY weights stocks based on the value of stock av...