iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

IVV

Valor de mercado US$ 880 bi

The S&P 500 slid 1.95%, capping off its worst weekly showing since late June. Key Takeaways The S&P 500 fell nearly 2% for the week, its worst since the week of June 26.

Consumer prices climbed 3.7% in the 12 months through September, up from 3.4% for August. Since 1950, the S&P 500 climbed over the following year after around 69% of months with inflation at 3.5% or above.

The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) includes small- and mid-caps, making it a more comprehensive portfolio. Expense ratios, trading spreads, and liquidity are also key differentiators among these ETFs.

The S&P 500 went 53 straight trading days without a daily drop of 1% or more before a 1.1% drop on Oct. 14. The index rose over the next year after 40 of the 54 past streaks that hit 50 sessions.

Technology stocks are approaching their peak as a portion of the S&P 500, which could portend some rough months ahead.

Stocks steady as Dow gains offset AI weakness, while hot PPI keeps Fed risk in play and lower Treasury yields support gold's recovery.

S&P 500 ETFs remain resilient despite rate worries, supported by upbeat earnings, positive estimate revisions, midterm history and strong holiday spending forecasts.

The index may not move much because the stocks with the biggest weightings lag, but there's a bull market starting to bubble elsewhere, says a hedge-fund manager.

The AI boom is helping fuel earnings growth rates at multi-year highs. But most of that growth is coming from AI-linked tech and energy companies.

Steven Jon Kaplan sees a completely irrational stock market right now, and investors ignoring a perfectly safe way to play that.