There was a point this summer when it looked like the Russell 2000 index might overtake the S&P 500 index and outperform the large-cap benchmark for the first time in years.

When markets closed on Thursday, Nvidia became the first company to hit $4 trillion in market capitalization. The chipmaker is the face of the AI boom, manufacturing the hardware and software that ...

In recent years the US market has been carried by seven mega-cap stocks delivering strong returns, but this concentration ...

As we’ve discussed before, not all indexes are created the same way. One of the major differences, in addition to characteristics such as size and style, can be the weighting scheme. Once indexes have ...

November was a rocky month for crypto markets. Bitcoin’s price is down over 20%, shedding almost $2 trillion in market capitalization. Concerns over possible rate cuts at the US Federal Reserve and ...

We have covered a few different index topics recently, from looking at what makes a company American to how much of your shares outstanding really could be owned by index trackers if you’re added to a ...

Year-to-date, the return spread between the market-cap-weighted S&P 500 and its equal-weight counterpart is 10%. Some market participants view the outperformance of large caps as a sign of market ...

This month’s charts of interest looks at the presents the stock market has given investors, before turning toward valuations.

"No pain, no gain" is the expression that might be used to frame the direction of the stock market. "No pain, no gain" is the expression that might be used to frame the direction of the stock market.