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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
Here are the sectors likely to report significant profit growth during the Q4 earnings season. January 15th is the unofficial start of earnings season, with JPMorgan, Citigroup, and other large financial institutions set to report their fourth-quarter financial results. Investors can't be blamed if they're a little antsy about what companies may say.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
msn.com | Michael Sheldon
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
You had to look far and wide to find folks who didn’t think the Fed would embark on an interest rate-cutting binge in 2024. Most economists and analysts expected the Federal Reserve would declare victory and pivot away from fighting inflation following the most extensive rate hikes since Volcker broke inflation's back in the 1980s. While the Fed did indeed cut rates in 2024, it did so by far less than most anticipated.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
Well, that worked pretty well. The stock market delivered robust returns in 2024, gaining 23% and notching back-to-back years of greater than 20% returns. That’s pretty impressive, given the S&P 500’s historical average annual return is closer to 10%. But remember, those returns reflect gains across a wide swath of stocks, crisscrossing various parts of the market. Remarkably, some sectors delivered even higher returns.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
There are a few more days to go in 2024, but unless something disastrous happens, the stock market will deliver a second consecutive year of impressive gains. The S&P 500 is up 26%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is up about 30%. Hard to be mad about those returns, especially given those indexes returned 24% and 55% in 2023. Consider this point: $10,000 plopped into the Nasdaq 100 at the end of 2022 would be worth over $20,000 now, using a set-it, forget-it approach.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
You can’t blame investors for a bit of giddiness. The S&P 500 is on pace to notch its second consecutive year with returns above 20%, and with the index hitting all-time highs, many investors' account balances are similarly skyrocketing. There have been have’s and have-nots, though. Much of the return is because of seemingly insatiable interest in the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks, a group of large-cap technology stocks comprising the likes of Alphabet, Microsoft, and Apple.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
thestreet.com | Michael Sheldon
While most of Wall Street was skeptical that stocks could deliver back-to-back big years coming into 2024, that’s exactly what happened. The S&P 500 is on track for another consecutive gain of over 20%, given it’s up 27% year-to-date with only two weeks left to go. And the rally has been strong throughout the year, much to the surprise of many of Wall Street’s leading analysts. One analyst who wasn’t caught flat-footed by the stock market’s rapid run-up again this year is Tom Lee.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
msn.com | Michael Sheldon
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