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November has burst onto the scene with resounding optimism in the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500, closely monitored through the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), has showcased an impressive six-session winning streak and is currently up 0.4% on Tuesday. The tech-skewed Nasdaq 100, closely...

Exactly two years ago this week, S&P Dow Jones Indices made the controversial decision to add electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) to the S&P 500 index with the stock trading at an all-time high and the automaker sporting a $550 billion market capitalization. Two years later,...

Focusing on just the S&P 500 through a tracker fund is a decent place to start investing. It will get you results that beat whatever the banking system gives you. But for the more savvy investor, the S&P 500 is not where you want to stay if you want to get the most out of your hard-...

U.S. indices finished Tuesday's trading session lower amid a continued sell-off in stocks. Weak earnings from Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) have pressured retail stocks while weakness in Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) pressured social media companies. The Nasdaq composite finished lower...

The S&P 500 has been on a 610% bull run since the low of 2009, the longest bull run in history. This includes a 118% rise since the low of March 2020, following a 35% decline in the market in the early part of 2020 when the impact of CV19 sent waves around the globe. The question is, how much...

I started investing back in 2007. Before that, I was day trading, and let's just say the quicker you give up that habit, the better.  When I came across trend-following on the higher timeframes, my mindset and approach completely changed, and I have never looked back. ...

World's leading cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments (OTCMKTS: GBTC) partnered with major industry media outlet Coindesk to launch the Grayscale Decentralized Finance Fund (OTC: GDFF). What Happened: According to a Monday announcement, Grayscale...

Yesterday’s -0.4% fall in the S&P 500 futures contract may have stung bulls a bit, but some giveback shouldn’t be a surprise at this point. /ES hasn’t closed more than 1% lower since June 18th, which was the start of a nearly 5% run-up in which only five trading days of the...

Retailer Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) will be removed from the S&P 500 Index later this week, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Tuesday. What Happened The Cincinnati-based company will instead become a part of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index on Friday. "Macy's has a market...

Two of the freight industry's leading indices reflect a market that isn't rising significantly sequentially but is still solidly above 2017 levels.   -- The American Trucking Associations' For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for November on a seasonally-adjusted basis was up 118.9 from...

Nic Chahine thinks that even though Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was reweighted from 25 percent to 12 percent on indices, traders and investors are still using it as the tail that wags the dog. Chahine is an options expert and the author of Create Income With Option Spreads, and he recently joined...