Tag: Russell 2000 Index
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Why stock-market bulls see small-caps shaking off bank worries to take rally baton
[ad_1] Small-cap stocks — left behind by the 2023 U.S. stock-market rally led by technology stocks — are poised to play catch-up in the second half, shaking off worries about a regional banking crisis that threatened to rattle financial markets earlier this year. “We think that if this rally actually has legs and broadens out,…
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Investors increasingly expect U.S. stock-market rally to continue as bears finally surrender
[ad_1] Amateur and professional investors alike are finally warming to the idea that U.S. stocks can continue to climb higher during the months ahead. All it took, it seems, was a rise of more than 20% off the S&P 500’s SPX, +0.93% October lows, the threshold need to end its longest stint in bear-market territory…
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S&P 500 nears bear market exit. Can Big Tech rally spread to wider stock market?
[ad_1] A broad stock-market rally Thursday had the S&P 500 officially exiting its longest bear-market run since 1948. Investors want to know if the move is for real or merely a fake out. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.62% advanced 26.41 points, or 0.6%, to end at 4,293.93 Thursday, its highest closing level since Aug. 16,…
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A stock-market milestone: Apple is now worth more than the entire Russell 2000
[ad_1] The market capitalization of Apple Inc. has surpassed that of the entire Russell 2000 for two weeks, the longest stretch on record, according to Bloomberg data. Apple’s market capitalization, which measures how much the company is worth based on the value of all its outstanding stock, surpassed that of the Russell 2000 RUT, -0.62%…
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What’s next for stock market as small-cap index suffers its first ‘death cross’ since January 2022
[ad_1] The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks has produced a bearish “death cross” price chart pattern for the first time in over a year, flashing a widely followed technical sell signal as small-caps are struggling with tightening financial conditions in the wake of bank failures and potential economic slowdown. The Russell 2000 index RUT,…