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2024-07-24 12:30:00 ET Summary President Joe Biden’s late withdrawal from the presidential race creates a number of significant unknowns. While few expect a rate cut at next week’s meeting, probabilities could increase after Friday’s Personal Consumption Expen...

2024-07-24 11:17:00 ET Summary Market concentration rose to multi-decade highs as names like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft continued to surge higher. While we have seen signs of a slowing economy, we have yet to see the signs of outright weakness that would seriously concern us abo...

2024-07-24 07:45:00 ET Summary Momentum continued in the second quarter, with U.S. equities still led by the large technology stocks known as the Magnificent 7. History shows that a strong first half of the year often leads to a strong second half. There will be presidential e...

2024-07-24 07:15:00 ET Summary 78% of S&P 500 constituents surpassed EPS expectations vs. S&P Capital IQ Estimates, a 4% increase compared to Q4 2023 (74%), 2% decrease compared to Q3 2023 (80%), 1% decrease compared to Q2 2023 (79%) and a 1% increase compared to Q1 2023 (77%)...

2024-07-23 09:10:00 ET Summary One month ago, Political Calculations' monthly snapshot of the future for the S&P 500's quarterly dividend payouts dimmed for the first time in months. The outlook for the remaining quarters of dividends for the S&P 500 improved over the past...

2024-07-23 06:20:00 ET Summary The seven trading days from July 11 to July 19 brought a significant rotation in the market among capitalization segments, with strong performance from smaller-cap stocks and a general broadening of market performance. The rotation began on July 11, ...

2024-07-22 03:40:00 ET Summary Corporate high-yield credit spreads tightened again this week to +309, down from +323 on July 5th, +324 on June 21, and +342 on April 19 ’24. Gradually tightening corporate high-yield credit spreads imply a US economy that remains in reasonabl...

2024-07-20 01:15:00 ET Summary The economic strength that has delayed Fed cuts should support a positive backdrop for corporate earnings. The narrowness of market gains remains a concern, with the equity rally seemingly hostage to the performance of Magnificent 7 technology stocks...

2024-07-19 09:30:00 ET Summary Over the last few years, a handful of “Mega-Capitalization” stocks have dominated market returns. Given the speed at which technology and the economy rapidly change, such suggests that leaders of the last decade may not be the leaders o...

2024-07-18 03:20:00 ET Summary Q2 S&P 500® EPS growth expected to come in at 9.3%, the highest rate in over two years. Banks kicked things off with mixed results, but overall top- and bottom-line results were good enough to boost S&P 500 growth rates. Peak weeks f...