Strategists Say the Stock Market Could Struggle This Fall. What to Buy Now?
What a year this has been for the markets!Fueled by a torrent of monetary and fiscal stimulus, economic and earnings growth, and a mostly receding pandemic, theS&P 500stock index has rallied 20%, notching seven straight months of gains and more than 50 highs along the way. And that’s on top of last year’s 68% rebound from the market’s March 2020 lows.Tailwinds remain in place, but headwinds now loom that could slow stocks’ advance. Stimulus spending has peaked, and economic and corporate-earnin
Dow, S&P 500 close at records as U.S. infrastructure bill clears Senate
'Meme stock' AMC gives up early gains and closes down. Kansas City Southern jumps as Canadian Pacific ups buyout offer. NEW YORK, Aug 10 - Wall Street rose on Tuesday, with both the blue-chip Dow and benchmark $S&P 500$ closing at record highs, as economically sensitive value stocks gained with the U.S. Senate's passage of a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.The bill, which now heads to the House of Representatives, could provide the nation's biggest investment in decades in roads,
S&P 500 closes at record high as Apple, healthcare stocks help shrug off Delta worries
Translate Bio surges on sale to $Sanofi$ in $3.2-bln deal. Focus on services sector data, jobs report this week. NEW YORK, Aug 3 - The S&P 500 index closed at record high on Tuesday on gains in Apple and healthcare stocks, despite concerns over a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus taking some shine off an upbeat corporate earnings season.Ten of the 11 S&P indexes traded higher, with energy stocks rebounding after getting hit by a dip in oil prices.“Even though the pandemic is still w