Nvidia and 19 Other Stocks Now Make Up 50% of the S&P 500. Here's What It Means for Your Investment Portfolio. Many of the largest S&P 500 components are expensive but are generating rapid, high-margin earnings growth.

In September, the index tallied its first record close since 2021. If the Russell trails the S&P 500 once again in 2025, it would mark the fifth-straight calendar year that small caps have underperformed — the longest stretch since 1998, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Wall Street on Monday posted a three-day losing streak for the first time in nearly two months, and with those losses, the benchmark S&P 500 index (SP500) has now slipped below a key technical level.

The S&P 500 recently snapped its longest stretch of trading above its 50-day moving average since 2007.

Even though the S&P 500 index is hovering within a few percent of its record intraday high of 6,920, set on Oct. 29, the sense of investor disquiet in the past fortnight has been palpable. S&P Global’s director of investment strategy,

The S&P 500 finished the month of October on a positive note, ultimately finishing up 2.3% from September. Read more here.

The gainers in the S&P 500 are outpacing the index’s losers. More than 340 stocks in the S&P 500 were gaining on Tuesday, while 158 were declining. Home Depot was at the top of the loser list, with shares of the retailer down 4.

US indices attempt to recover on Wednesday as major benchmarks test key technical levels. The Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones 30, and S&P 500 all face pivotal EMA and trendline areas, with Nvidia’s earnings likely to influence the broader market direction.

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The S&P 500's dividend outlook for the final quarter of 2025 brightened in the month since our last snapshot of their outlook. Read more here.

US indices slipped after early strength, with the Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones 30 hovering above key support zones and the S&P 500 struggling near 6,800. Despite short-term softness, broader uptrends remain intact across major benchmarks.

The S&P 500 recently dropped below its 50-day moving average, a technical indicator that has (surprisingly) been a bullish signal more often than not over the last decade. In the past 10 years, the S&P 500 has dropped below its 50-day moving average 74 times,