XLG News and Press, Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 From 04/16/24

2024-04-16 11:00:00 ET Summary The initial market reaction to Iran's attack on Israel was measured, with S&P 500 Index futures trading up 0.3%. Historically, geopolitical events have generally led to modest selloffs in equity models and a flight to safety in bond markets, with...

2024-04-13 10:30:00 ET Summary Many analysts point to an ETF's track record when deciding whether to assign a buy rating. Relative performance compared to other ETFs in the same category often dominate the analysis. Common evaluation periods include an ETF's one-year, three-year, ...

2024-04-13 03:00:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 established its last record high on the last Thursday in March, right before the long Easter weekend. Since then, stocks have bounced around – with a bit more volatility than we’ve been used to seeing lately – in ...

2024-04-11 10:00:00 ET Summary Important earnings season ahead as investors look for signs that we are still in soft landing territory despite persistently strong economic data that’s helping to delay rate cuts. Q1 S&P 500 EPS growth expected to come in at 3.2%, the thi...

2024-04-08 07:25:00 ET Summary The real story of the last three years is that commodities and large cap stocks are the only major asset classes providing returns for a diversified investor. Small- and mid-cap value stocks have produced better returns but haven’t kept up wit...

2024-04-04 08:20:00 ET Summary The Top 10 stocks within the market cap-weighted index together accounted for 32.5% of its total valuation. Microsoft has become the biggest company in the S&P 500 with a market cap of nearly $3.3 trillion as of 28 March 2024, rising from a $2.79...

2024-03-26 05:55:00 ET Summary The Magnificent Seven make up almost 30% of the S&P 500 market capitalization and accounted for almost 60% of the index’s return in 2023. Much of the rally in equities can be attributed to the performance of a handful of mega-cap stocks th...

2024-03-23 06:30:00 ET Summary Based on the valuation measures, we find best correlated with actual subsequent S&P 500 total returns across a century of market cycles. Because stocks are ultimately a claim on future cash flows that must be delivered over time, higher starting ...

2024-03-22 09:06:23 ET Summary Vanguard Mega Cap ETF is a low-cost option that captures strong returns from mega-cap, big tech holdings. MGC offers the greatest diversification compared to other mega-cap funds, along with relatively low volatility and a high dividend yield. MG...

2024-03-21 06:52:00 ET Summary Every part of my being knew that I could not liquidate my portfolio, but my emotions kept driving me towards the sell button. I realized that betting against the US economy and equity markets was akin to betting against the policymakers, human ingenu...