The “Ten Titans” Stocks Now Make Up 38% of the S&P 500. Here's What It Means for Your Investment Portfolio
Massive growth stocks are driving the performance of the S&P 500, for better or for worse.
The “Ten Titans” are the 10 largest growth-focused S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.52%) components by market cap — Nvidia (NVDA 1.65%),
Stock Market News From Aug. 22, 2025: Dow Marks Record Close After Powell's Jackson Hole Speech
The Dow Jones Industrial Average marked a record close on Friday, its first in 2025. Small-cap stocks and Treasuries also rallied, as investors got the clearest indication yet from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the central bank could cut interest rates in September.
The Dow rose 846 points,
Dow hits record high after Fed chair hints at September rate cuts
By Morgan Sweeney
The Center Square
The Dow Jones Industrial Average clinched a record high Friday for the first time this year hours after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed may soon lower interest rates.
The Dow climbed 846 points, or 1.89%, from Thursday’s close to an all-time high of 45,631.74.
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Read MoreThis Magnificent S&P 500 Dividend Stock Is Down 18% — Time to Buy?
It’s been an unusually bad year for this drugmaker, but it’s essential to look beyond that.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX -0.45%) is usually a market-beater, but it hasn’t been so over the past year. The company’s shares are down 18% over the trailing-12-month period due to a combination of headwinds.
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Read MoreTD BANK GROUP DECLARES DIVIDENDS
(all amounts in Canadian dollars)
TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2025 /CNW/ – The Toronto-Dominion Bank (the “Bank”) today announced that a dividend in an amount of one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per fully paid common share in the capital stock of the Bank has been declared for the quarter ending October 31,
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Market Commentary: Up 193% So Far, Can This Quantum Stock Soar Higher?
Back in 2015, a team of engineers from the University of Maryland came together with an idea to develop and manufacture quantum computers which can be used to solve a variety of problems that are currently intractable with classical computers, such as…
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1 AI Stock To Sell Fast?
Can the hype surrounding AI keep boosting the performance of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) shares, or is it time for the stock to pull back?
Since the stock began trading on September 30, 2020, it has gained about 160%. Over the past year, it has returned more than 185%. To put this into context,
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