Image Source: Pixabay Join Verified Investing’s Chief Market Strategist Gareth Soloway as he deep dives into the day’s action from an institutional and trader standpoint. Gareth alerts investors and traders to the big factors that drove the stock market, commodity market and crypto market in the day’s action. He focuses on technical analysis and data analysis, […]

Image Source: Pexels In this short clip, Samantha LaDuc discusses market dynamics in light of recent political events, notably a Trump electoral victory.She notes the bullish market behavior and significant influence of the U.S. dollar’s strength, which is seen as reacting positively to Trump’s policy promises, such as further tax cuts and deregulation.Samantha also touches on […]

Large-cap, growth and tech-oriented companies have led U.S. equity market performance so far in 2024. Investors’ optimism for the application of artificial intelligence on these companies’ growth prospects propelled the S&P 500® Top 50, S&P 500 Information Technology, S&P 500 Communication Services and S&P 500 Growth to more than 20% year-to-date gains through the end of August. However, the year-to-date performance masks […]

— Eight years ago my initial reaction to the then surprise election of Donald J. Trump was that it was a black swan but we’d survive it.— I had to change my tune the next day when the market took off like a rocket.— This morning half of the country is in a state of shock and […]

This graphic breaks down the global equity market into five major pieces as of Dec. 31, 2023, using data from S&P Dow Jones Indices.It highlights the massive share of market capitalization that is located in the U.S., particularly within the S&P 500 index. Data and Key Takeaways The figures we used to create this graphic are […]