VIX Sits in 14.23–15.44 Range as Investing.com Technicals Signal Sell
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VIX Sits in 14.23–15.44 Range as Investing.com Technicals Signal Sell

The Cboe Volatility Index page shows a low-stress reading, but its “strong sell” signal applies to the VIX itself, not t...

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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era
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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era

With the 10-year Treasury near 4.74% and the 30-year above 5.27%, an income analysis argues for pairing midstream MLPs w...

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Wall Street Rises Friday but Posts Weekly Loss as Yields and Iran Uncertainties Linger
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Wall Street Rises Friday but Posts Weekly Loss as Yields and Iran Uncertainties Linger

U.S. stocks bounced Friday on strong services data, but all three major indexes still fell for the week as bond yields a...

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S&P 500 hits record, Nasdaq gains as soft producer prices cool Fed hike bets
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S&P 500 hits record, Nasdaq gains as soft producer prices cool Fed hike bets

Cooler producer inflation followed the CPI slowdown, lifting US stocks to a record even as AI earnings split and oil pri...

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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark
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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record in 2025 as Musk's Tesla Package Becomes New Benchmark

AFL-CIO data reported by Reuters show average non-Musk S&P 500 CEO pay rose 21% to $22.8 million; including Musk it exce...

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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark
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S&P 500 CEO Pay Hits Record as Musk's $1 Trillion Tesla Award Becomes the Benchmark

Average S&P 500 CEO pay excluding Musk jumped 21% to $22.8 million in 2025, according to AFL-CIO data, and boards now tr...

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Reddit Surges 11% on S&P 500 Entry as Index Funds Must Buy 16.7 Million Shares
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Reddit Surges 11% on S&P 500 Entry as Index Funds Must Buy 16.7 Million Shares

The social media platform replaces AvalonBay in the benchmark, creating a concentrated index-fund bid before the August ...

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Reddit Joins S&P 500 as AI Deal Talk Lifts Tech; Workday Surges on Silver Lake Report
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Reddit Joins S&P 500 as AI Deal Talk Lifts Tech; Workday Surges on Silver Lake Report

A tech-led rally carried the S&P 500 above 7,800 for the first time, while Reddit's index promotion, AI funding talks an...

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S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Cooling Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Bets
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S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Cooling Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Bets

US stocks rose Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting a record close as softer producer price data reinforced bets that the ...

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The One Equity Strategy That Has Outperformed in Every Major Market Decline Since 1990
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The One Equity Strategy That Has Outperformed in Every Major Market Decline Since 1990

With US indexes near records but AI-spending and policy fears rising, quality-factor investing offers a way to keep stoc...

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JPMorgan Lifts S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Earnings Justify Spending, Joining Bullish Wall Street Chorus
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JPMorgan Lifts S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Earnings Justify Spending, Joining Bullish Wall Street Chorus

JPMorgan raised its year-end S&P 500 target to 8,000, citing a strong Q2 earnings beat and signs that massive AI investm...

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AI Could Live Up to the Hype and Still Disappoint Investors, Warns Moody's
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AI Could Live Up to the Hype and Still Disappoint Investors, Warns Moody's

Moody’s sees a middle-ground scenario where AI reshapes the economy but stock returns remain muted, with the S&P 500 ave...

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JPMorgan Lifts S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Monetization Hopes Grow
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JPMorgan Lifts S&P 500 Target to 8,000 as AI Monetization Hopes Grow

The bank's strategists see AI profits accelerating faster than spending, bolstering corporate earnings and lifting the i...

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ETF Flows Show Billions Rotating Into Finance and Tech, Out of Healthcare and Gold
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ETF Flows Show Billions Rotating Into Finance and Tech, Out of Healthcare and Gold

Weekly SPDR sector ETF data reveals a massive shift: investors piled into financial and technology funds, while pulling ...

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S&P 500 Earnings Shatter Records: Q2 Profit Surge 47%, Beating Forecasts by Historic Margin
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S&P 500 Earnings Shatter Records: Q2 Profit Surge 47%, Beating Forecasts by Historic Margin

Corporate America just posted its strongest profit growth on record outside the pandemic, fueled by AI, one-time valuati...

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S&P 500 Q2 Earnings Track a 47% Growth Rate as AI Spending Extends the Rally
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S&P 500 Q2 Earnings Track a 47% Growth Rate as AI Spending Extends the Rally

The S&P 500 is on pace for 47% year-on-year Q2 earnings growth, fueled by AI investment — though one-off gains at Alphab...

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Dividend Kings: The 50-Year Streak That Defines Elite Dividend Payers
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Dividend Kings: The 50-Year Streak That Defines Elite Dividend Payers

What it takes to be a 'Dividend King' — 50 straight years of rising payouts — and why dividends still account for about ...

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S&P 500 Board Diversity Hits Decade Low as Trump-Era Policies and Investor Retreat Reshape Recruitment
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S&P 500 Board Diversity Hits Decade Low as Trump-Era Policies and Investor Retreat Reshape Recruitment

Appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have fallen to their lowest level since 2014, new data sho...

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Bank of America Urges Rotation Into Gold as August-October 'Danger Zone' Looms
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Bank of America Urges Rotation Into Gold as August-October 'Danger Zone' Looms

Seasonal data shows the S&P 500 averaging near-zero returns from August to October, while gold, the dollar, and bonds hi...

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US stock sector gaps flash warning as dispersion hits record
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US stock sector gaps flash warning as dispersion hits record

Extreme weekly performance gaps between US equity sectors, echoing patterns seen at the 2000 and 2009 peaks, are prompti...

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Goldman Sachs: Stocks Historically Stall Before Midterms, Then Rally After
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Goldman Sachs: Stocks Historically Stall Before Midterms, Then Rally After

History shows the S&P 500 often treads water in the months before US midterm elections, but typically gains around 6% in...

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Gold and S&P 500 Hit Simultaneous Records, Defying Traditional Correlation
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Gold and S&P 500 Hit Simultaneous Records, Defying Traditional Correlation

The rare coincidence of gold and equities reaching all-time highs on the same day underscores an unusual market divergen...

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