When evaluating the performance of the stock market, investors’ primary focus is generally the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.05%) index. This is the ultimate benchmark, comprising around 500 large, profitable U.S. businesses. It’s a good way for investors to gauge the state of the American economy.
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Indian government bonds advanced early Monday as surging foreign inflows and stable oil prices blunted geopolitical worries re-ignited by a fresh burst of U.S.-Iran strikes over the long weekend.
Iran attacked U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain Sunday shortly after President Donald Trump threatened that the Islamic Republic would cease to exist if it did not honor the interim agreement.
Mirae Asset Ultra Short Duration Fund delivered 1.0% returns over the last one month and 7.2% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on June 28.
Moneycontrol Desk
June 29, 2026 / 13:35 IST
Among ultra-short-duration mutual funds that meet the screen used for this ranking,
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Karen Brettell
NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market are starting to go their own ways.
An eventful June featuring the launch of the record-busting SpaceX IPO and Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh’s first meeting has been full of contradictions.
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Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100 per cent import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.
Writing on Truth Social on Friday, the US president said that “numerous European countries” had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies and that “some of these countries are close to actually doing this”.
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) shares rose 1.1% in premarket trading on Monday after the company released preliminary June operating metrics showing record trading activity across several of its key …
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Millions of Americans will receive their next Social Security payment over the course of the next month, with some retirees eligible for checks worth as much as $5,181.
While only a small share of beneficiaries qualify for the maximum amount, millions more will receive retirement, disability, survivor or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) July payment schedule.
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Google’s parent company Alphabet will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) when the US stock market opens on Monday, June 29. Alphabet will replace Verizon Communications in the 30-stock Dow index. This change means the Dow will have more exposure to technology and digital businesses.
Alphabet is the parent company of Google and YouTube,
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The saving grace of this economy that everyone hates: Wealthy Americans are keeping it afloat by spending — throughout tariffs, inflation, war, you name it.
The ugliest part of this economy: The wealth gap between affluent and low-income households continues to widen, postponing or destroying the American Dream for millions hardworking folks.
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday and U.S. futures advanced after stocks on Wall Street steadied with only modest losses last week.
Benchmarks in Japan and South Korea recovered most of their earlier declines in a day weighed on by more selling of artificial intelligence-related shares.
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