The S&P 500 has been red-hot during the past two years. In both 2023 and 2024, the index rose by about 24%. That's well above its long-term average of about 10% per year. Many stocks are trading ...

Investors in the U.S. stock market may feel spoiled after two excellent years for the S&P 500, but it can be useful to take a more detailed look at the performance of the large-cap U.S. benchmark ...

Rather than lose steam, equity prices continued to soar higher. By late January, the S&P 500 had already surpassed the average year-end target from strategists. It went on to hit one record high ...

This year has been a fantastic one for stocks, from the moment the S&P 500 confirmed a bull market back in January to today, with the three major benchmarks heading for double-digit annual gains.

News broke last week that Apollo Global Management will be added to the S&P 500 by December 23rd. The event marks a momentous occasion for Apollo Global, placing the asset manager in the upper ...

The S&P 500 Index has made 57 new all-time highs this year, hitting the last one on Dec. 6, 2024. Also, “2024 would go down as the best election year return ever,” said Ryan Detrick ...

(Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The S&P 500 has been on something of a tear. Total returns so far this year (as of Dec. 23), have been 26 per cent. That’s on top of total returns of 26 per cent ...

The New York Stock Exchange lit up for Christmas. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 1.1% in shortened trading, the first session of the Santa Claus rally period that historically brings stronger-than ...

The best-performing stock on the S&P 500 this year isn’t Nvidia or Tesla, but rather another, more under-the-radar name benefitting from the artificial intelligence gold rush: Palantir ...

To Michael Saylor’s online fanbase, it’s the next step in the great normalization of crypto: Bitcoin proxy MicroStrategy Inc. enters the S&P 500 next year, forcing the likes of index-tracking ...

Investing in the S&P 500 (^GSPC-0.21%) has historically been a great way for someone to grow their wealth. As a benchmark for the broad market, the index tracks 500 of the largest and most ...