The S&P 500 has hit thousands of all-time highs, and long-term investors have still averaged strong returns. Equal-weight and growth-focused ETFs let you diversify while leaning into momentum. Buying ...

In early trading on Friday, shares of First Solar topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 12.3%. Year to date, First Solar registers a 48.8% gain. And ...

Markets quickly moved into recovery mode despite opening in the red, brushing off IBM (IBM) and Tesla (TSLA) post-earnings underperformance, settling with impressive gains. The Nasdaq and Dow each ...

Let's be clear. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO 1.06%) is an excellent long-term investment vehicle, and so are other low-cost S&P 500 ETFs. Even if you buy at an all-time high, history shows that the S ...

The following are the pivot points for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). Pivot High: $683.57, Pivot Low: $677.73. These were calculated using the DeMark method. It is generally believed to be bullish ...

Investing in the stock market each month can be an effective way to build up your wealth over the years. There's no one right way to invest in the stock market. You can invest a big lump sum and watch ...

September is supposed to be Wall Street’s notorious villain, rattling the stock market and driving investors to panic — but this year, it eschewed the role. Instead, the S&P 500 SPX and the Nasdaq ...

The Magnificent Seven makes up one-third of the S&P 500 – should investors be concerned? The "Magnificent Seven" companies now make up nearly a record 37% of the S&P 500's total market capitalization ...

Before joining Investopedia, David Marino-Nachison was an editor at The Wall Street Journal focused mainly on daily markets and investing news. He also worked on The Journal’s publishing desk; as a ...

Stock futures turned lower in recent trading on Thursday, hinting at more losses after major indexes snapped a three-day winning streak on Wednesday. S&P 500 futures were off by 11 points, or 0.2%, at ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed north of 47,000 for the first time on Friday after Wall Street finally got a taste of government data. The blue-chip index rose 472 points, or 1%. The S&P 500 ...