S&P 500 net profit margin hits 15.7% in Q2 2026 as Alphabet’s paper gains lift the index
The S&P 500’s blended net profit margin reached 15.7% in Q2 2026, the highest level FactSet has recorded since 2009….
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Piper Sandler names five software stocks positioned to cut enterprise AI token costs
Piper Sandler named five infrastructure software companies — Elastic, GitLab, MongoDB, Snowflake and Atlassian — as the main beneficiaries of…
Morgan Stanley says semiconductors now make up about 18% of the S&P 500 and urges investors to broaden
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s July Global Investment Committee note argues the S&P 500 has grown lopsided: the 10 largest stocks…
Nvidia’s ten-year return reaches approximately 15,333%, but 2026 gains trail the market
Nvidia posted approximately 15,333% in total returns over the past ten years, the top figure in every S&P 500 performance…
S&P 500 industrials trade above 30 times earnings as the AI buildout lifts the sector
The S&P 500 industrials sector trades at a price-to-earnings ratio above 30, a level investors more often associate with tech….
