SPMD News and Press, SPDR Portfolio Mid Cap From 05/29/24

2024-05-29 15:30:00 ET Summary Are tech stocks back for the long term? Outlook for the tech sector. Global stock trends. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Tech Sector Momentum Returns, But Is It Back For The Long ...

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...

2024-05-29 12:15:00 ET Summary History shows that the reality of election years is often far less interesting than perception. Markets tend to do fairly well in election years, and we have minimal instances of significant drawdowns in the six months prior to general elections. ...

2024-05-29 08:40:00 ET Summary The legendary baseball catcher Yogi Berra could sure help us out in understanding the current investing environment. Having a 'bearish engulfing pattern' is no guarantee of seeing a bearish reversal. I think that if we rise above 4.74% on the 10-...

2024-05-29 07:05:00 ET Summary Leading billionaires like Warren Buffett seem to think the market is due for a sharp correction. We take a look at leading market valuation models. We also share our approach that we believe maximizes our risk-reward profile in the current enviro...

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...

2024-05-28 08:55:00 ET Summary Demographic divergence – a mega force that most investors don’t think about from a capital spending perspective – shapes infrastructure needs across economies. Digital disruption and AI are already creating a massive and immediat...

2024-05-28 08:05:00 ET Summary While it is not the time to be making any kind of significant bear case for risk assets, I think we are reaching the stage in the cycle where most of the easy money has been made. The dollar, oil, and input prices all remain fairly stable and are far...

2024-05-28 07:10:00 ET Summary The dollar is still mostly softer against the G10 currencies, but it is little changed to slightly firmer against the Japanese yen. The US 10-year yield Treasury yield is off a basis point to 4.45% today. US index futures are signaling a firm ret...