Market Breadth – Percent Below 52-Week High S&P 500 Index Less Median Stock Record highs in the S&P 500 mask a sharp deterioration in breadth. For the bull market to extend, gains will need to…
Earnings Surprises of S&P 500 Companies Earnings season keeps reinforcing the same message: corporate profits aren’t cracking yet, with 61% of S&P 500 firms smashing Q1 estimates by at least a standard deviation, while just…
S&P 500 – Bull Markets That Made It To 100% At just 3.5 years old and already up more than 100%, the current bull market still looks like it has legs, leaving bears stuck watching…
ISM Manufacturing Index vs. S&P 500 Index U.S. factory activity extended its run in April, with the ISM Manufacturing Index rising to 52.7, marking a fourth straight month of expansion. The print points to steady…
Retail Gasoline Price Change Between February 23 and April 27, 2026 The Middle East conflict is sending fuel costs soaring across Asia, with gasoline prices in Southeast Asia up 37% since the war began. In…
S&P 500 1-Month Forward Returns Based On Sentiment Indicator Level Goldman Sachs’ U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator sits at 1.7, a reading historically linked to an average 0.4% decline in the S&P 500 over the next…
Median 2-Week S&P 500 Returns Since 1950, the first half of May has tended to be soft for the S&P 500, ranking as the fourth weakest stretch of the year. Think of it as a…
S&P 500 Performance After >5% YTD After April Since 1972, when the S&P 500 has been up more than 5% heading into May, it has ended the year higher 92% of the time, with a…
Sentiment Indicator and Stock Positioning At 1.7, Goldman Sachs’ U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator looks stretched, a level that has historically been followed by an average -0.4% return in the S&P 500 over the following month.…
S&P 500 Weekly Announced Buybacks Buyback announcements are surging across corporate America, signaling strong balance sheets and a growing appetite to deploy excess cash. That momentum is giving equities a boost and keeping sentiment firmly…
S&P 500 YoY EPS Growth Wall Street’s 2026 playbook is working so far, with first-quarter S&P 500 earnings on track for their fastest growth in five years. At last, the market has the profit momentum…