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Stocks ended 2021 on a strong note as investors found opportunities in new sectors like health care and real estate. The S&P 500 rose 4.7 percent in December, rebounding from worries about the Federal Reserve and omicron variant of coronavirus. The index climbed...
Johnson & Johnson is often a dull stock, but it had some exciting price action yesterday. The health care giant dropped 1 percent in the initial seconds of trading, undercutting Friday's low. Buyers immediately came out of the woodwork, driving the stock to its...
The S&P 500 fell yesterday, but a new kind of stock seems to be breaking out. Consumer staples, real estate investment trusts and utilities hit new 52-week highs on Monday, based on analysis of the SPDR funds tracking each sector. Meanwhile economically sensitive...
Quarterly results from Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook came up short this week, but Microsoft and Alphabet jumped to new highs. It was the busiest period of earnings season, with five of the market's six biggest companies issuing numbers. (Tesla was last week.) Most...
The S&P 500 continues to hit new highs, but a strange mix of stocks is leading the advance. Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, insurers and food companies were some of the top performers yesterday. While many of these sectors may not interest retail investors, they...
Earnings season is off to a bullish start as companies like Snap, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Coca-Cola blitz past estimates. That variety of companies -- social media, casual dining and hospitals -- highlights the breadth of the stock market's earning power. It shows...
Health-care stocks have lagged the market for years, but now the sector is coming to life as the coronavirus pandemic winds down. The SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV) has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5 percentage points so far this week. That puts it on pace for its...
2021 has been a year of surprises, with many forgotten old stocks leading the market higher. This month's mystery stock is major example of that trend. It's up 38 percent on the year, more than quadruple the gain the S&P 500. This firm is also the top-performing...
Social media platforms like Snap and Pinterest spiked on higher engagement this earnings season. Another stock company to benefit was orthodontic company Align Technologies (ALGN). The maker of Invisalign has rallied more than 30 percent in the last month after...
One of the biggest events expected by investors didn't happen. Tesla wasn't added to the S&P 500. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced changes to the most important index on Friday afternoon. Three relatively small companies with a combined market capitalization of...