Key Points June was the S&P 500's second-best monthly performance of the year.Coinbase led the way for the S&P 500 in its first full month included in the index.Oracle's cloud business is picking up ...

As the stock market rallies back to near a new record high, tech stocks have led the way, but the way for investors to best play the sector has changed.

Thus, almost all sectors within the S&P 500 Index rallied in the year-to-date (YTD) period. Among the top four was Financial Services, which appreciated nearly 19.9% during the period.

The S&P 500 return and the numbers below are the calendar year returns for 2019, 2020, 2021, which then shows the 26% “annual” 3-year return, and then the 9-month YTD return for the S&P 500.

Sara Mehle, Index Research Strategist at Nasdaq Investment Intelligence, joins Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss what’s driving YTD performance in the Nasdaq-100 relative to the S ...

My own opinion has been to be cautious about 2025, given the two consecutive years of +25% returns for the S&P 500 in 2023 and 2024, as was detailed in this blog post. But take all opinions with a ...

The S&P 500 Banks Industry Group Index was up nearly 17.4%. Of the banks that are part of the S&P 500 Index, BNY Mellon BK , M&T Bank Corp. MTB , Citigroup C , JPMorgan JPM and Fifth Third Bank ...