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Yes, the market is superconcentrated, and Nvidia is critical to the entire market edifice. But stocks aren’t as expensive as they might appear.

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Perhaps that’s one reason stocks are selling off globally this morning. While most indexes in Asia and Europe remain near their all-time highs, there is broad-based but mild selling in all of them.

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high for the ninth time this month, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq hit its 13th record July close.

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Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, a quick glance at the stock market offers a reassuring picture: The S&P 500 just closed above 6,300 points for the first time ever and has notched eight record highs in the past month.

A $10,000 investment in Scotiabank today will get a dividend investor a bit over 175 shares of the Canadian bank giant. And it will get you access to a well-above-market and well-above-peer dividend yield. But the key is that the yield is supported by a conservatively run bank that is moving its business in a positive direction.

A large chunk of the market’s gain is the result of bets on price declines that haven’t happened.

US stocks held steady after President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and Wall Street digested the latest batch of corporate earnings.