MID News and Press, American Century Mid Cap Growth Impact

2024-05-29 14:05:00 ET Summary Even after today’s decline, the S&P 500 still sits on a year-to-date gain of over 10%, indicating just how strong the first five months of 2024 have been. The Dow has followed a much weaker path, as it’s barely holding on to gains f...

2024-05-28 11:55:00 ET Summary One of the most disappointing aspects of modern day investing is we seem to have all become momentum investors. My dividend discount model predicts that the fair value of the S&P 500 is approximately 5800. The overall S&P 500 can deliver ...

2024-05-28 09:45:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 closed at 5,304.72 on the Friday before 2024's Memorial Holiday weekend. In between May 17 and May 24, the index set a new record-high close of 5,321.41 on May 21. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tool's forecast of annualized real GDP gr...

2024-05-27 03:55:00 ET Summary The market has had another week of indecision, trying to make up its mind whether to cheer another blowout earnings quarter by NVIDIA, the darling of one-day options punters, or worry itself into a corner over comments by Fed officials speculating about ...

2024-05-24 20:30:00 ET Summary This week, the S&P 500 closed at 5,304.72, while the close last week was 5,303.27. The forward 4-quarter estimate for the S&P 500 dropped a little this week to $252.61 from last week’s $252.93. The P/E ratio this week is 21x vs. 21...

2024-05-23 02:00:00 ET Summary The price-to-earnings ratio of the Magnificent Seven is not yet at levels seen during the 1999 tech bubble, but historical observations can elude forecast accuracy. The S&P 500 Index today is the most concentrated it's been since the 1950s. A...

2024-05-22 11:05:00 ET Summary If you want to understand why stock prices behave as they do, you need to start with what the expectations for future dividends are doing. We reveal how the expectations of dividend growth through each quarter of 2024 has changed since we started tra...

2024-05-21 10:10:00 ET Summary The S&P 500's earnings per share had been expected to return to their March 2022 peak of $197.91 after June 2024, but now looks like it will hit that mark before the end of 2024-Q2. S&P projects faster earnings growth during the second half o...

2024-05-20 11:45:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 set a new record high of 5,308.15 on Wednesday, 15 May 2024 before slipping back to close out the trading week that was at 5,303.27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed above the 40,000 milestone, going on to end the week at 40,0...

2024-05-14 10:10:00 ET Summary Q1 earnings season winds down with retail reports over the next few weeks. The post-peak LERI reading came in at 157, showing US CEO uncertainty remains high. Outlier earnings date for the week ahead: Under Armour. This week 1,739 compan...