S&P 500 Intra-Year Declines vs. Calendar Year Returns Investors stomached average pullbacks of 14.1% a year, but in 34 of the last 45 years the S&P 500 still closed higher—a reminder that volatility is the…
Gold 6-Month Rolling Return Gold just clocked one of its largest 6-month rallies. ETF inflows are surging, physical demand refuses to cool, and the move looks more structural than speculative. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment…
Foreign Investor Ownership Share of U.S. Equity Market With foreign investors holding a record 18% of U.S. stocks, they are chasing the American dream, piling into U.S. equities on hopes that President Trump keeps the…
Largest Company in Terms of Market Value in the S&P 500 in Each Year Since 1955 The market’s biggest players usually cluster in the sector riding the economic zeitgeist—and right now, that’s tech. It’s where…
S&P 500 Index Additions by Year With an average turnover of about 4% a year, the S&P 500 is in constant motion—many of today’s constituents weren’t even in the index a decade ago. Image: Goldman…
U.S. Households’ Allocation to Equity, Bond and Cash Americans have never been so invested—literally—in the market, with household equity allocations at all-time highs, a boom shadowed by warnings of how sentiment can sour overnight. Image:…
Flows into Metals Funds Commodity funds—especially those tracking gold and silver—have seen a surge of inflows in recent weeks, fueled by geopolitical jitters, bets on Fed rate cuts, and steady central bank buying. Image: Goldman…
S&P 500 – Duration Between 3%+ and 5%+ Selloffs The S&P 500 hasn’t stumbled more than 3% in half a year—a winning streak that’s beginning to smack of complacency, the kind that often sets the…
Spot Gold vs. Spot Silver Backed by central-bank buying, surging ETF inflows, and Fed rate cuts, gold refuses to lose altitude. With U.S.–China tensions flaring and another government shutdown, investors keep piling into safety. Image:…
Ownership Breakdown of the U.S. Equity Market (Share of Corporate Equity Market) U.S. households hold 40% of the U.S. equity market—a show of faith in stocks. Trouble is, nearly 90% of that sits with the…
U.S. Recession Probability May’s tariff relief helped temper U.S. recession odds and buoy investor sentiment, but this new round of trade tensions could put that fragile calm to the test. Image: Deutsche Bank