The S&P 500 opens the second half parked at 7,490 — up 0.1% for July, up modestly for the quarter, and completely directionless for a month. The next catalyst arrives next week, when the big banks kick off earnings season. What’s expected Consensus calls for mid-to-high single-digit year-over-year earnings growth — solid, but a deceleration […]
The S&P 500 closed the week at 7,473 — roughly where it started, roughly where it ended last week, and roughly where it’s spent the entire month. June has become a drawn-out stalemate between dip-buyers and profit-takers, and both sides are refusing to blink. The bull case, stated fairly Every test of 7,240–7,350 has been […]
The S&P 500’s remarkable run finally hit some friction. The index closed Friday at 7,384 — down 3% from the early-June record near 7,610 and briefly touching 7,238 during Tuesday’s session, the deepest intraday decline of 2026. After a straight-line rally that added 9% in six weeks, the pullback was overdue and, so far, entirely […]
The S&P 500 closed Monday at 7,401, extending a rally that has carried the index up nearly 8% since the April lows near 6,790. What’s striking about this advance isn’t its size — it’s its texture. The gains have come on steady volume, led by the broad market rather than a handful of megacaps, and […]