The S&P 500 (SPX) is preparing to close out 2024 in a way it seldom has before. The index is set to finish out the year with a more than 20% increase, which comes after a similar increase last year.

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Palantir Technologies topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 4.2%. Year to date, Palantir Technologies ...

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Super Micro Computer topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 3.0%. Year to date, Super Micro Computer ...

Dec. 18 was a big down day in the stock market with the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) falling 3.6% and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) tumbling 2.9%. The main catalyst for the sell-off was ...

shares of Broadcom topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 6.2%. Year to date, Broadcom registers a 113.9% gain. And the worst performing S&P 500 ...

Covington, Louisiana-based Pool Corporation (POOL) is the world's leading independent distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products. With a market cap of $13.4 ...

As of Monday's close, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was up around 27% in 2024. That's a phenomenal performance after an already strong year in 2023 when it rose by 24%. It's impressive but at the ...

The S&P 500 (SPX) saw major gains Wednesday with a 0.67% increase as investors celebrated the latest inflation data for November. In the most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, inflation ...

After declining by over 18% in 2022, the S&P 500 has been on a roll for the past two years. In 2023, the U.S. stock market's most important index gained over 24%, and so far in 2024 it has gained ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) might be the best-known of the major stock market indexes, but experienced investors know that the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is the index that ...

PPL has lagged behind the S&P 500 over the longer-term as well. PPL stock has gained 18.2% on a YTD basis and 19.1% over the past 52 weeks, compared to SPX’s 23% gains in 2024 and over the past ...

Longer term, over the past six months, shares of Masco have risen 8.9%, lagging behind SPX's 10.9% increase. In addition, MAS has gained 10.3% over the past 52 weeks, compared to SPX's 27% return.