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S&P 500: 2 Reasons For Accelerated Rotation To Value
Value stocks and funds like VOOV and SCHD are beginning to outperform the S&P 500, reversing a multi-year trend. Recent fund flow data shows net outflows from SPY and strong inflows into value-oriented funds, signaling investor rotation.
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The Fed Preview: A Defiantly Hawkish Pause
The Fed is set to leave the federal funds unchanged, which ends the policy easing cycle and starts a likely long pause. The issue of the Fed's credibility is the major problem, which might force the Fed to be more hawkish and defiant at the January FOMC meeting.
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This One Macro Shift Is Quietly Reshaping My Entire Portfolio
A major macro shift is taking place that could leave traditional portfolios behind. I discuss why inflation and policy risks may be far from over.
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The Industrial Economy Is Giving A False Sense Of Security
The industrial sector shows mixed signals: robust recent performance but underlying economic weakness and signs of softening demand. Key industrial indicators like new orders and production are up year-over-year, yet ISM Manufacturing PMI and employment data point to contraction.
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Wall Street Has Fallen Out of Love With Software Stocks
Declines show how quickly sentiment can shift as money pours into the next hot investment.
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S&P 500 Snapshot: Sour Start Leads To Weekly Loss
The S&P 500 kicked off the shortened trading week on a sour note but managed to claw back a portion of those losses, ultimately finishing the week with a loss of -0.4%. Over the past 20 days, the average percent change from the intraday low to the intraday high is 0.70%.
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No Cut in January or 2026? Interest Rate Roundtable Ahead of FOMC Meeting
The FOMC meets next week to decide if they will cut interest rates in January. Neither guest on today's panel agrees, with Ben Emons making the case as to why a divided Fed will meet in the middle for no change in rates.
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How to use relative strength to gauge a market rally and pick winners
Relative strength is a technical way to compare two assets' performance. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre examines whether the bull market rally is broadening by comparing the S&P 500 (^GSPC) to the equal-weighted index.
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Crypto Corner: BTC Underperforms Silver & Gold, BTGO IPO's Wall Street Significance
@CharlesSchwab's Adam Lynch returns to Crypto Corner and analyzes the latest moves in Bitcoin, which has sharply underperformed silver and gold. He explains why bitcoin and crypto as a whole struggled despite having similar trading properties to metals.
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What's the Best Way to Buy Gold in 2026?
Many of the themes that pushed stocks higher in 2025 are back in focus to begin 2026. One of those is the bull market for precious metals.
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Above The Noise: Look Beyond Distracting Headlines
Markets are broadening despite the incessant noise from ongoing geopolitical maneuvering and Fed independence. We maintain our view that investors will gradually diversify away from US assets, suggesting continued US dollar weakness.
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Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff if Canada makes deal with China
President Donald Trump warned Canada that the U.S. would impose 100% tariff if Prime Minister Mark Carney made a trade deal with China. Trump suggested that China would try to use Canada to try to avoid paying U.S. tariffs.
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Why European Wine Could Get Pricier Under New US Tariffs
President Trump has once again threatened tariffs of up to 200 percent on French wine, putting pressure on an industry that relies heavily on imports. Wine importer Victor Schwartz, US Wine Trade Alliance president Ben Aneff, and California grape grower Stuart Spencer explain how tariffs could raise prices, reduce choice, hurt restaurants and distributors, and reshape both foreign and domestic wine markets.
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These 5 tech stocks could be big winners this earnings season
Beyond the “Magnificent Seven” names, Wall Street analysts see opportunities in software and specialized semiconductor plays.
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Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet
Each week, Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention.
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Did everyone forget about DeepSeek? What Wall Street is getting wrong about Chinese AI.
Shares of U.S. hyperscalers seem to have put DeepSeek in the rearview mirror. But if you look closely, a different story emerges.
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These 4 charts capture the whirlwind action in global markets so far this year
Investors are facing tumult in Japan's bond market, a big rally in small-cap stocks, and surging prices for natural gas, gold and silver. And the year has only just begun.
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Investors came to Davos for AI. They left talking about Greenland
Panels and private meetings were packed with talk of AI moving from hype to production, from data centers to energy demand. Trump's Greenland remarks changed the mood overnight, while Musk's AI vision snapped it back the next day.
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Bank Margins, Earnings Set To Expand, Possibly Defy Credit Concerns
US bank earnings have continued to grow as strong margin expansion and benign credit quality supported performance. Banks will continue to benefit from the remixing of their balance sheets as funding costs decline, while lower-yielding assets purchased or originated when rates were low, mature and are reinvested at higher yields.
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Record Amount Of Utility Rate Requests In 2025 Amid Affordability Concerns
Another year of record utility rate requests was established in 2025. Rate requests in 2025 were again dominated by electric utilities, which requested $18.23 billion in aggregate rate increases, while gas utilities requested $3.83 billion.
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