Now consider the three sectors that tend to be at the top of late-bull-market relative-strength rankings: consumer discretionary, consumer staples and healthcare. Based on trailing three-month returns ...

The US stock market is back. President Trump's April 2 "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariff announcements sent stocks tumbling. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell more than 10% over the next three trading ...

Vanguard, the investment firm, predicts the U.S. stock market as a whole will rise by an underwhelming 3.8% to 5.8% a year ...

Midway through 2025, the S&P 500 has rebounded from months of trade tensions and economic uncertainty that had sent it deep into negative terrain.

Kaplan’s data includes monthly US stock market returns going back to January 1886 and annual returns over the period from 1871-1885. In the chart below, each bear-market episode is indicated ...

There’s often a perception the stock market’s performance primarily affects the wealthy. There’s a grain of truth to that: The richest 10 percent of Americans held 93 percent of all US stock ...

The US stock market is back. President Trump's April 2 "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariff announcements sent stocks tumbling. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell more than 10% over the next three trading ...