Global stock markets have become more concentrated—but not in every way. In recent years, a few high-profile technology companies have dominated the returns of both US and global stock indices.
Monthly Archives: July 2026
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Stocks ended last week down as Q2 corporate results, Middle East developments, and the chips trade took investors for a choppy ride.
Middle East peace hopes sparked strong but short-lived stock gains. Even as the path to a longer-term truce was widened by reduced geopolitical tensions, equity market excitement faltered because tech weakness spoiled the risk-on rally.
OpenAI is building a serious robotics effort, and for investors trying to understand where AI goes after software, that signal deserves close attention.
A remarkable sporting spectacle has finally come to an end. The diversity of play and players on display reminded the world that investing in the right things does pay off.
Stocks are no longer moving together to the same degree, while the gap between winners and losers has widened sharply. For active investors, that combination matters.
Just as most people would prefer to live in a beautiful home in a good neighborhood, an investor wants the top company relative to the competition. One where the management takes great care in building its worth.
Semiconductor stocks are approaching their lower Bollinger Band. The group could continue to decline this week. even as its bullish momentum appears to have become more balanced.
Stocks rose to start the week, with the Dow hitting another record close and the Nasdaq climbing more than 1 percent as investors shook off valuation concerns that plagued AI stocks over the past few weeks.
The June 2026 reconstitution arrives at an interesting moment. While the continued rise of mega-cap companies such as Nvidia and Alphabet has reshaped the top of the market-cap spectrum, preliminary reconstitution data also points to improving breadth beneath the surface.
A weekend of hostilities between the US and Iran is triggering a risk-off day on Wall Street, as climbing crude, rising rates and a strengthening greenback batter investor sentiment. The renewed attacks are generating growing worries about the feasibility of a longer-term truce.
With inflation still above target, the money and bond markets have clearly shifted monetary policy expectations for Fed rate hikes later this year.