Apple, Alphabet and Tesla are holding the S&P 500 rally back
(Bloomberg/Carmen Reinicke) — Investors may be tempted to imagine how much higher the S&P 500 Index would be if three of its most influential stocks weren’t lagging behind.
Apple Inc., the third-most-valuable company in the S&P 500, has seen its shares drop 16% this year amid tariff concerns and problems developing artificial intelligence services.
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Read MoreThe 3 areas of the stock market to buy as the dollar continues to plummet, Morgan Stanley says
The dollar just wrapped up its worst half of a year since 1973, but the US currency’s loss might be the stock market’s gain.
Morgan Stanley predicts that the dollar will continue depreciating throughout the year but it views this trend as a “substantial, under-appreciated tailwind” for stocks, one that could drive fresh earnings growth.
Read MoreUS stocks tick toward another record as Tesla rallies
NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher on Wednesday, ahead of a highly anticipated report about how the U.S. job market is holding up amid uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in midday trading and on track to set a record for the third time in four days.
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Read More4 reasons forecasters are bullish on the market's smallest stocks after years of underperformance
Stock forecasters can’t stop talking about the market’s smallest and least impressive stocks.
They’re referring to the small-cap sector, an area of the stock market that strategists have been bullish on, despite underperforming the overall market in recent years.
The Russell 2000, which slipped into a bear market over the first half of the year,
Read MoreInvesting in CIBC mutual funds
The fund is available as an ETF (ticker: CCLO) trading on CBOE Canada. It’s also actively managed by CIBC’s structured credit team.
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is the “youngest” large bank in Canada. It was formally established in 1961, after the merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada.
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Read MoreThe Burst
1 Massive Advantage Retail Investors Have Over Hedge Funds
Retail investors are usually playing catch-up and it’s no surprise why. They don’t have a research department, a Bloomberg Terminal on every desk, or a network of analysts and insiders feeding them information in real time. Hedge funds, with their armies of research analysts, data scientists, and software systems, are optimized to gain any edge possible.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
What Does Buffett Know?
When the rest of Wall Street was riding the AI-fueled tech rally last year, the Oracle of Omaha was quietly doing the opposite, selling more stocks than he bought and stacking cash to the tune of a staggering $347 billion. While the S&P 500 was hitting fresh highs and investors were throwing money at growth stocks,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Is Target Stock a Hidden Gem for Patient Value Investors?
Target (NYSE: TGT) hasn’t had the best run lately. In fact, shares have slid 29.9% so far this year, a sharp contrast to the broader market, with the S&P 500 flat on the year. It’s a tough pill to swallow, especially when you consider Target was already on the back foot coming into 2025.
But here’s the twist,
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