Wholesale prices ticked lower in August after a rapid rise in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The producer-price index fell 0.1% last month. Economists expected a 0.3% rise, according to a ...

Alphabet (GOOG) was the least shorted S&P 500 (SP500) stock as a percentage of float at the end of August. The tech giant saw its short interest fall from 0.68% at July-end to 0.62% at August-end.

Investors don't wait for the Fed to act. Stocks often rise in anticipation of monetary easing — especially when economic data supports the move. But once the rate cut arrives, the upside tends to be ...

The S&P 500’s top-heavy nature is a double-edged sword. Mega-cap growth stocks can single-handedly drive the index to new highs. But they can also accelerate the impact of a sell-off. But the S&P 500 ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in nine months, cutting the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a new target range of 4.00% to 4.25%. The move, backed by 11 of ...

Worries have been mounting for weeks that the S&P 500’s push to record after record risks becoming a bubble, with the index’s swollen valuation cited most often as cause for concern. Critics point to ...

The S&P 500’s refusal to include the company previously called MicroStrategy raises questions about the sustainability of the business model of corporate treasury investments in cryptocurrency.

There are many ways to invest in the S&P 500 index. The broad market benchmark has hit new all-time highs on many occasions this year. With the market at all-time highs and heavily concentrated in a ...

Strong earnings, pending interest rate cuts and the AI boom could mean stocks keep rising in the next year, according to two big Wall Street Banks. Deutsche Bank raised its year-end target for the S&P ...

JPMorgan analysts say the S&P 500’s rejection of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) despite the firm meeting technical requirements is not just a missed milestone. It’s a warning shot to the entire ...

Producer prices fall unexpectedly in August Oracle's forecast boosts chipmakers, power supply companies Barclays, Deutsche Bank raise S&P 500 2025 year-end target S&P 500 +0.30%, Nasdaq +0.03%, Dow -0 ...

The S&P 500 could sell off if Thursday's CPI reading shows inflation is heating up again, JPMorgan said. The bank sees the benchmark index tumbling as low as 6,000 in its short-term downside scenario.