MDYV News and Press, SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (based on S&P MidCap 400 Value Index--symbol: MGD From 01/23/24

2024-01-23 18:40:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 is flat on the session today as of this writing, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it has traded at record highs in each of the past three sessions. The S&P 500 has seen several significant drawdowns in its history, bu...

2024-01-22 20:25:00 ET Summary A table that Refinitiv publishes only occasionally is valuable since it gives perspective on the S&P 500 sector’s market cap weight in the benchmark, versus that same sector’s earnings. The problem in the late 1990s for large-cap te...

2024-01-22 11:15:00 ET Summary After weeks of hovering within easy striking distance of its old record high close, S&P 500 finally broke through and set a new record. The index reached its new record on 19 January 2024, closing out the trading week at 4,839.81. The record ...

2024-01-22 05:00:00 ET Summary After a correction from August through October, the market has been on a tear. Technology had a very good week, especially among the Magnificent 7 mega-cap stocks. The S&P Top 7 stocks continue to dominate the market, but that dominance is sl...

2024-01-20 21:06:00 ET Summary Our belief is that there will primarily be one call to get correct - one call to rule them all - and that is whether the US economy has a hard landing (recession) or a soft one. Every hard landing starts out as a soft landing, marked by the Fed's int...

2024-01-20 10:30:00 ET Summary On Friday, the S&P 500 Index hit a new high, surpassing its previous record set in January 2022. A resilient economy, quickly fading inflation, and strong 2023 performance fueled the market’s new record. It’s far more interestin...

2024-01-18 04:04:00 ET Summary As we move into 2024, it looks like expectations have been reset, with most forecasters now expecting the economy to glide in for a soft landing and interest rates to decline, and while that may seem like good news, it will represent a challenge for equi...

2024-01-17 00:35:00 ET Summary Banks kick off earnings season on a sour note. The LERI shows corporate uncertainty easing to its lowest level since 2015. Up next: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Birkenstock. Peak weeks for Q4 season run f...

2024-01-16 21:20:00 ET Summary January US Empire Manufacturing reading this morning was -43.7, much worse than the -5 estimated and much weaker than during the 2008 financial crisis/great recession. The analyst consensus is for S&P earnings per share growth of more than 10 per...

2024-01-16 21:17:00 ET Summary SPX index rose 1.8% to 4,783.83. After the week's headlines, the CME Group's FedWatch Tool projects the Fed will hold the Federal Funds Rate steady in a target range of 5.25-5.50% until 20, March 2023 (2024-Q1), when investors anticipate it will laun...