The S&P 500 is slowly turning into a tech index wearing a trenchcoat. Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples, once pillars of the benchmark, now account for roughly 13.9% of total market capitalization, their lowest combined weight since the 1990s.
That figure deserves some context. As of mid-2026, Consumer Discretionary sits at about 9.3% and Consumer Staples at approximately 4.6%,
Cathie Wood told investor Jason Calacanis that Bitcoin is ‘not a dead cat’ and ‘has many lives ahead.
ARK sold more than 1.5 million shares of its Bitcoin ETF on Monday.
Wood said private equity businesses use short-term loans, and short rates would rise quicker than long rates,
“I want to make 100 million yen in stocks and become a millionaire.”
Some people might think this at least once when they start investing.
However, if you only chase the goal of 100 million yen, you may end up making reckless investments.
In this article,
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When people talk about investing, it often turns into conversations like
“How much did you make?”
“What should I buy to make a profit?”
“What’s the yield percentage?”
Of course, since we invest to grow our money, those things are important too.
I joined a securities company right after graduation and have been investing for about 10 years now.
“I want to invest in gold. But it seems like I need a lot of money to buy gold bars.”
“I hear it’s safer than stocks, but will I really not lose money?”
Even if you are interested in gold investment, you might be stuck because you don’t know what to buy,
When I first started swing trading, the hardest thing for me to decide was where to place my stop-loss line. Even when I thought I had decided, ‘I will sell if it drops to this point,’ when the price actually got close, I would procrastinate, thinking, ‘Just a little bit more.’ In the end,
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What is options trading, and how does it actually work? In this beginner’s guide, we explain options trading from the ground up, in plain English, even if you have never bought a single stock. You …
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For the past few years, investors could hardly go wrong simply putting their money into the economy’s biggest companies. The Magnificent Seven stocks — Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Alphabet, and Tesla —
Constitution Capital Partners has appointed retirement industry veteran Rich Schainker as Managing Director as the approximately $7.8 billion alternative asset manager expands its defined contribution capabilities.
Schainker will focus on expanding Constitution Capital’s presence in the defined contribution market following the launch of the Constitution Capital Horizon collective investment trust.
Horizon is designed to bring institutional private equity exposure to defined contribution retirement plans,
Key PointsThe S&P 500 lost over 40% of its value during the dot-com crash.The S&P 500 lost over 50% of its value during the Great Recession.Those massive declines are barely noticeable today.Wall Street pays a huge amount of attention to the price movements of the S&P 500 index(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). If stocks are in a bull market,
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