If December’s lows are broken during the first quarter of a new year, a bear market often follows.

The damage was widespread as investors showed their displeasure with Trump’s tough words for U.S. allies ...

This massive trend continued to take hold in 2025, but it could unwind at any point.

There are two important measures that point to a downturn for stocks, according to Longview Economics.

A potential warning sign for investors. There are many stock market metrics out there, but one of the more popular ones is ...

After three years of remarkable gains, many fear the market could run out of steam in 2026.

What actually happened: the S&P 500's EPS for calendar 2000 rose just 3.8% higher than a year earlier - 15.2 percentage points lower than originally projected. A similarly large slip would transform ...

The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.06%) just wrapped up another stellar annual performance. After producing a total return of 26% in 2023, it followed up that performance with another 25% total return for the S&P ...

Last year at this time, this blog was expecting a similar modest return, and that forecast was exceeded nicely by this year’s results. S&P 500 EPS growth should average 12%–14% in 2026, which is still ...

The S&P 500 pulled back on Wednesday, though the index still closed out a bumper year. The broad market S&P 500 dipped 0.74% and closed at 6,845.50, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.76% and ended at ...