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The S&P 500 – also known as the US 500 – is considered the benchmark stock index for the United States. It features the 500 biggest companies by market cap listed on US exchanges. Plot your next US 500 trade here, with our expert news and opinion.
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S&P 500 outlook: Stocks ease ahead of US CPI and bank earnings
June rate cut uncertainty amid economic resilience, as stocks wobble ahead of CPI. S&P 500 technical analysis shows bullish trend is starting to weaken.
S&P 500 analysis: Stocks extend post-FOMC gains ahead of AAPL, NFP
Global stock indices continued to make strong gains, extending recovery from the previous session. Bets that the Fed is done with rate hike is what’s driving markets higher, while mixed technology earnings have reduced fears about overstretch valuations in the sector.
S&P 500: Key moment for US stocks as tech earnings, PCE inflation, technical setup collide
Having fallen through channel support and its 200-day MA, and with four members of the ‘Magnificent 7’ due to report third quarter earnings over the next few days, you get the sense this week could really set the tone for how the S&P 500 will close out 2023.
S&P 500 analysis: Stock market correction may have long way to go
US stocks sold off sharply ever since the Fed delivered that hawkish interest rate pause on Wednesday. At the time of writing, the major indices were still testing their lows after futures had slid along with global markets, extending losses from the previous session. The market is falling because of fears over the impact of rising bond yields. The sell-off may need to extend further before investors find value in stocks, especially in growth equities.
S&P 500 Forecast: Early optimism fades but trend positive
Investors' attention is turning to US tech earnings, starting with Netflix. Our bullish S&P 500 forecast is still valid until the charts tell us otherwise.
US indices drift lower as focus turns to Powell
Investors are growing increasingly confident in their view that the Fed’s tightening cycle will end this quarter, before it starts an easing cycle in the third quarter.
Stocks tank
Santa rally, what Santa rally?
S&P digesting market’s (over)reaction to Powell speech
Perhaps the markets were not expecting the Fed Chair to explicitly imply that the FOMC will indeed hike by 50bps in December
Nothing changes for gold, stocks as yields resume higher
Bearish trend persist for indices and metals as investors watch yields continue to rise following a flurry of central bank action this week.
S&P500: When bad news is good for stock markets
Wall Street rallied yesterday on the back of weak employment data, as investors jumped onto the theme that the Fed may have reached ‘peak hawkishness’.
Another short-covering bounce?
We have seen similar moves fade in this bear trend…