A closer look at brokerage holdings reveals how the S&P 500’s composition has shifted considerably. The index once seen as a broad measure of American markets now carries a heavier technology weighting than at any point in the past two decades. Technology stocks made up close to 40% of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by
Most people build their investing rules out of their own mistakes. You hold something too long, you sell something too early, and you learn what a wash sale is sometime around the first week of April. Nobody hands you the rulebook in advance. You write it after the fact, usually at your own expense. Congress
Affordability keeps hitting home, and hitting hard, across the country this summer. Inflation-weary Americans once again are looking in disbelief at rising gasoline prices and the eye-popping costs of even the cheapest cuts of beef to toss on their grills. Meanwhile, Kevin Warsh has said very little since taking over as chairman of the Federal
AT&T has made it very clear this year that it isn’t afraid to raise prices as it notices a major shift in customer behavior. In April, the carrier hiked prices for its retired unlimited plans that were active before July 24, 2025. Customers with a single phone line on one of these wireless plans saw
The third-busiest airport in the United States, O’Hare International (ORD) in Chicago serves as a major hub for the Midwest and those traveling through to smaller cities in the region from all over the world. More than 40.6 million travelers passed through O’Hare in 2025, and the airport also serves as a hub for both
For years, the AI chip conversation has had one dominant name and a long list of challengers trying to close the gap. Most of them haven’t. One of them is starting to look different, and Bank of America just made that case in writing. Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya, who covers semiconductors for the
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to unveil major supply agreements with American technology companies during President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Silicon Valley. The negotiations behind these deals have been running for months. What changed is the venue, and that detail says something about how Seoul wants this relationship read going forward. Chief
Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Investment Management, is known for buying her favorite growth stocks during sharp pullbacks. That’s exactly what she’s doing with Tempus AI (TEM) after the healthcare technology stock tumbled 14% over the past week. In 2025, the flagship Ark Innovation ETF gained 35.49%, far outpacing the S&P 500’s return of 17.88%
Stifel Financial (SF) had the kind of quarter that generally makes for an effortless earnings tale. Revenue exceeded expectations. Profits outpaced sales growth. Investment banking bounced back, wealth management revenue hit a record, and the firm bought back $177 million of its own stock. But Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski gave investors a more meaningful takeaway.
Netflix (NFLX) has spent 2026 testing the patience of its own shareholders. The stock that once traded like it was unstoppable is now down more than 40% over the past year, and it sank again after the company’s latest earnings report. However, Jim Cramer is stepping in to defend it. On the July 20 episode