The S&P 500 is home to America’s corporate giants – companies with massive scale, global reach, and market-moving influence. But while every S&P 500 member is large-cap by definition, they…
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Ten Top S&P 500 Stocks After the Big Decline
The recent market correction has sent the S&P 500 tumbling nearly 20% at its lowest point, primarily driven by concerns over new tariff policies. While this volatility has rattled investors,…
Ten Top S&P 500 Stocks
The S&P 500’s recent impressive gains have been disproportionately driven by the “Magnificent Seven” technology titans: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, NVIDIA, Meta, and Tesla. While these companies have delivered exceptional…
The Ten Most Fundamentally Sound S&P 500 Stocks
The S&P 500’s remarkable performance in recent years has been heavily driven by a handful of dominant technology companies, particularly the “Magnificent Seven” – Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, NVIDIA, Meta,…
The March to a $10 Trillion Company
By Justin Carbonneau (Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube) — Imagine a world where a single company has a market capitalization of $10 trillion. For reference, Apple, one of the world’s…
Achieving Diversification and Reducing Concentration Risk: Benefits of the Equal-Weight S&P 500
Investors seeking exposure to the U.S. stock market often turn to traditional S&P 500 index funds, which are weighted by market capitalization. However, this approach can lead to concentration risk,…
Nearly 90% of the S&P 500’s Gains Are These 7 Stocks
This year’s S&P 500 rally is being driven by a small group of mega-cap stocks, as investors flood back into them after last year’s tech rout. That could be a…
S&P 500’s Rough First Half Doesn’t Indicate Much About The Second
The first half of 2022 was the worst for the S&P 500 since 1970, but that’s not necessarily an indication of what the second half has in store. According to…
Ten Amazing Facts On Tesla As It Zooms Into The S&P 500
2020 will be a memorable year for all of us, but for those in the markets it will be particularly memorable as we are seeing many things that have never…
Why the S&P 500 is an Active Portfolio, and Other Observations on the Stages of Active Management (Ep. 44)
Active management deserves all the criticism it gets. After all, over 80% of equity managers underperform their benchmarks over the long-term and active managers charge vastly higher fees compared to…