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Weekly Market Update: Stocks Gain 1.74% as Communication Services Rise and Utilities Fall

Rivian stock jumped, while SanDisk tumbled.

Winners and Losers Among Stock Funds During Q2 2026

Semiconductors, emerging markets, and small-caps led the rebound, while software and energy struggled to keep pace.

Q3 Stock Market Outlook: What’s In and What’s Out

Morningstar Wealth strategist Dominic Pappalardo says to stick with small caps and Latin America stocks.

7 Charts on Q2 Markets Highlights: The Big AI Rally Gets Even Bigger

Some AI-driven indexes posted their best quarters on record as hardware names rocketed higher.

June Job Forecasts Show Continued Robust Gains In Hiring

Economists expect a pullback from a big hiring jump in May, but still good news for the job market.

Why This Year’s Midterm Elections Could Really Matter to the Stock Market

Strategas’ Clifton on a potential split Congress, AI policies, and key stocks to watch.

3 Stocks to Buy and 3 Stocks to Sell for July

Plus, our take on Micron’s blockbuster earnings.

Markets Brief: Which Utilities Stocks Are the Best Data Center Plays?

Plus, inside the Q2 mid-cap stock surge, jobs data ahead, and are refinery stocks a buy after a dip?

Smart Investor: Yellow Flags For Memory Stocks, Bubble Orders, and Morningstar’s Fed Outlook

We wrap up our coverage of the markets and the week.

Weekly Market Update: Stocks Slip 1.86% as Healthcare Rises and Technology Falls

Blackberry and Bayer soared, while data center names Bloom and IREN fared the worst.

Will Apple Get ‘BlackBerried?’

We think the company is likely safe from disruption, but risks still lie ahead.

The Forecasting Fix That Wall Street Missed

CAPE and price/dividend look broken, but new research shows they’ve been misread. Here are 5 takeaways for investors.

Are UK Stocks a Value Trap or a Value Opportunity?

A decade after Brexit, UK equities may be poised for a bounceback. Here’s why.

US Stocks Fall as Global Tech Selloff Deepens

Hardware stocks and other recent big winners take a hit as expectations of Fed rate hikes have grown.

Markets Brief: Where Top Managers Are Finding Opportunity in a Concentrated Small-Cap Market

Despite gains on mega-cap stocks, small-caps are holding their own in 2026.

Smart Investor: Stocks That Aren’t Worth Owning, Warsh Starts With a Bang, and Oil Price Outlook

We wrap up our coverage of the markets and the week.

Weekly Market Update: Stocks Gain Nearly 1% as Industrials Rise and Energy Falls

Bloom and Moderna surged, while Fox and Accenture performed the worst.

Why Most Stocks Aren’t Worth Owning

A small number of stocks drive most of the market’s long-term return.

How Investors Can Buy and Manage Core Stocks for the Long Term

Plus, a definitive core stock pick for the buy-and-manage strategy.

Markets Brief: Vanguard on the AI Borrowing Binge, Pimco on the Return of Financial Engineering

Will the corporate bond market start trading more like tech stocks? Plus, dusting off the risky debt issuance playbook, and Fed meeting on deck.

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