NVIDIA

Apple

Microsoft

Amazon

Alphabet

Tesla

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class B

Broadcom

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY tracks a market cap-weighted index of US large- and mid-cap stocks selected by the S&P Committee.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Buffett highly recommends owning S&P 500 index funds. And he practices what he preaches with these two.

The Only 2 Index Funds in Warren Buffett's Portfolio -- and How They Could Make You Money

I revisit my past article on the S&P 500 with a similar focus on the numbers. Powell gave all possible negative news. We are far from a pivot and indeed Powell's position today is even more hawkish than we thought.

S&P 500: Don't Trust The Rise, Trust The Numbers: Part 2

Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Equal Weight ETF

Invesco S&P SmallCap 600® Equal Weight

SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF

Equal-weighted ETFs are outperforming their market-cap counterparts.

Equal-Weight ETFs Outperforming

Invesco QQQ

Halloween is a scary time, and the stock market has experienced a frightening 2022 as well. If you turn on the television or read the news, you may think Armageddon has arrived, the last battle of biblical proportion between good and evil.

Armageddon or Time to Get In?

On CNBC's "Options Action," Scott Nations of Nations Indexes said that the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) calls were more expensive than puts

Will US Stocks Continue To Slide On Fed Rate Hike?

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

U.K. stocks may be a good bet as stability returns under Sunak.

EWU: New PM Lifts British Stocks

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) opened lower on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's monthly meeting, where the central bank is expected to implement a fourth consecutive 0.75%

What To Watch For On The SPY Before And After Fed's Interest Rates Decision - SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)

Leading indicators continue to deteriorate, and the strong dollar contributes to weaker earnings per share. The Citi Earnings Revision Index will probably continue to decelerate. The valuation measured by Shiller P/E is still very high, and equity positioning does not reflect a bottom. End-of-year seasonality in bear markets is negative.

SPY: Still Not The Right Time To Be Bullish

Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF

Large-cap index funds such as Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) and SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (SPY) are largely interchangeable for most purposes. Their performance and volatilities have been historically almost identical with a few exceptions, and now is such an exception.

SCHX Vs. SPY: What The Divergence Tells Us

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

SPDR Bloomberg International Treasury Bond ETF

VanEck J.P Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust

VanEck International High Yield Bond ETF 

SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Invesco International Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

United States Oil Fund LP

Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

SPDR FTSE International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF

US stocks led the October bounce. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund surged 8.1%.

Major Asset Classes: October 2022 Performance Review

This month's CPI report came in hot, sending stocks plunging premarket on Oct. 13. Stocks then staged a massive recovery.

SPY: The Fed Is About To Drop The Hammer On The Stock Market

Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF

Global X Uranium ETF

iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers ETF

SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

As old FAANGs fall, investors may create their own industry and defense funds.

The DIY FAANG 2.0 Portfolio

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund

Real estate has had a historical role as a 3%–5% diversifier within equity and bond portfolios, but in the changing and challenged markets of 2022, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the real estate sector broadly have proven to be fairly correlated to equities.

Move Over Real Estate: Why Managed Futures Are the New Portfolio Diversifier

John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund

Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund Inc

Cornerstone Total Return Fund Inc

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

Wells Fargo Utilities and High Income Fund

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund

Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund

abrdn Life Sciences Investors 

During a week in which Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Amazon dropped an average -12.1% after their earnings, one would think the Nasdaq-100 would be close to its YTD low. But instead, the Nasdaq-100 soared +3.1% on Friday as investors disregarded those disappointing tech company earnings earlier in the week and instead focused on Apple's earnings.

Equity CEF Performances: Updated Through Oct. 28, 2022

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Sharply higher long-term interest rates are highly correlated with (more likely a causing factor of) a slowing economy, lower corporate earnings, and falling stock prices 6-12 months out. The modern record collapse in 2022 U.S. bond prices and spike in interest rates is truly bad news for stock market bulls.

Bond Market Screaming At Investors To Sell Equities: TLT Vs. SPY

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares MBS ETF

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Our fund-flows week kicked off Thursday, October 20, with bond yields rising and equity markets falling for the second straight day. The Russell 2000 fell 1.24% as the 10-year Treasury yield rose 2.35%.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Fixed Income And Equity Exchange-Traded Funds Report Their Fourth Straight Week Of Inflows

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF

In this article, I take a look at Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF and its specific characteristics. The portfolio structure of the fund looks better than the broad market in terms of strategic positioning.

Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF Looks Better Than SPY In The Long Term

As far as market metrics are concerned, there are a number of ways investors benchmark their returns. Among the most important benchmarks continues to be the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: SPY ), an exchange-traded fund that tracks the S&P 500 Index.

Where 5 Wall Street Analysts Think the SPY ETF Will Go in 2023

Blackrock Inc

Johnson & Johnson

ProShares Short S&P500

ProShares Ultra S&P 500

UnitedHealth Group

A fund that invests in the companies in the S&P 500 can be a great way to start a portfolio and invest for the long term.

Investing in S&P 500 ETFs

The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) gapped up slightly to start the trading session on Monday. It attempted to break up through the Oct. 5 high of 379.46 but rejected from slightly below the level.

The SPY Confirms Uptrend But Here's Why A Larger Pull Back May Be On The Horizon - SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)

Most investors are familiar with the popular exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) of the major benchmark indexes like the S&P 500 index (NYSEARCA: SPY), Dow Jones

Leveraged ETFs, A Bad Investment But Great for Trading

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

Energy, the best-performing sector, and tech will be watched as 3Q numbers arrive.

Inflation, Rates in Focus as Earnings Roll In

A recession is on the way—and stocks are

Recession Odds Hit 100% (And This 7.3% Dividend Can't Wait)

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares Gold Trust

JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

Investors were overall net redeemers of fund assets for the 4th week in a row, withdrawing a net $6.8 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended October 19. Equity ETFs witnessed their third straight week of net inflows, taking in $11.3 billion for the most recent fund-flows week.

U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: During A Volatile Fund-Flows Week, Equity ETFs Attract A Net $11.3 Billion

ProShares Ultra QQQ

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF

Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares

ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3x Shares

ProShares UltraPro QQQ

ProShares UltraPro S&P500

LETF Decay costs have plateaued and are now on a downward trend. LETF decay costs bite hard in sideways and Bear markets.

October 2022 Leveraged ETF Decay Update: A Story In Charts

News for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ETF (SPY)