A well-rounded portfolio should include companies of different sizes, industries, and regions.
Small-cap stocks and those in emerging markets tend to be on the higher-risk, higher-reward end.
Mid-cap stocks can be a nice middle ground between stability and growth potential.
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The threat of tariffs and trade wars sank many stocks back in April, but the market managed a sharp turnaround since then, reminiscent of the brief pandemic crash five years earlier. Many stocks are now trading near their all-time highs, and so is the S&P 500, which is up around 5.5% through the first six months of the year.
These returns are for direct-growth plans and are compounded annually over a 10-year period. In comparison, the Nifty 100 TRI has delivered a 13.3% CAGR in the same period.
Some of the funds have also posted strong returns over shorter periods:
President Trump plans to name a successor to Jerome Powell, who ends his term as Fed chair in May 2026. Two contenders have emerged as the next US Fed chief after Powell.
Initially, the name of Kevin Warsh came up, but now a rising chorus of advisers inside and outside the Trump administration are pushing for another candidate to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Clean energy stocks fell Monday as President Donald Trump’s spending legislation now includes a tax on wind and solar projects using Chinese components and abruptly phases out key credits.
Shares of NextEra Energy, the largest renewable developer in the U.S., fell 4%. Solar stocks Array Technologies,
The latest analysis by West One Loans, has revealed that despite overseeing an increased level of work starting on new homes, it appears that, as we approach their one-year anniversary in power, Labour still needs 12 years to honour its headline manifesto pledge on new-build housing delivery.
During the 2024 General Election,
With the major stock market indexes reaching new all-time highs, investors may be questioning the benefit of a few percentage points of dividend yield. However, the value of dividend stocks isn’t what they provide during a growth-driven rally in the stock market; rather, it is their distribution of passive income, no matter what the market is doing.
By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A mixed day of trading left the U.S. stock market split on Tuesday as Wall Street’s momentum slowed after setting record highs in each of the last two days.
The S&P 500 dipped 0.1% for its first loss in four days.
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Nvidia (NVDA -2.87%) is now the largest publicly traded company in the world, with a market capitalization of nearly $4 trillion. Wall Street is swooning over the stock in the days of major artificial intelligence (AI) investment.
“We are entering the next ‘Golden Wave’
Some stocks are ‘trading like lottery tickets’ says one investment CEO.
by Alexandra Semenova
Wall Street speculators have returned in full force: US stocks have snapped back from the throes of April’s tariff selloff, hovering near record highs, the pipeline of new SPACs is rebounding and Cathie Wood’s flagship fund is on a historic tear.
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