The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is the best performer but more risk-averse investors may prefer the more broadly diversified S&P ...

Tim Smith has 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, both as a writer and as a trader. The S&P 500 gained more than 20% for the second year in a row in 2024, the first time ...

The chart below shows how the S&P 500 performed during the 12 months following two-year periods in which the index gained more than 20% in both years. Two-Year Periods With S&P 500 Returns Above ...

Some of the most bullish forecasts (see chart below), including ... Analysts also overestimated the S&P 500’s performance in 13 of the past 20 years, and they underrated its annual return ...

The S&P 500 gained more than 20% for the second year in a row in 2024, the first time that's happened since the late 1990s. The index has carved out a head and shoulders pattern, a classic chart ...