S&P 500 Intra-Year Declines vs. Calendar Year Returns On average, investors stomach drawdowns of around 14% a year, but the S&P 500 has still climbed in 35 of the past 46. That turbulence is part…
Number of S&P 500 Stocks Making New 52-Week Lows Above 20 The number of S&P 500 stocks hitting new 52-week lows is rising, rarely a healthy signal. In sustained bull markets, new lows tend to…
S&P 500 Quarterly EPS Deutsche Bank sees S&P 500 earnings pushing above the long-term trend, broadly echoing Street expectations. At the end of the day, stocks follow profits. And profits have a way of drowning…
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…
Discretionary Positioning and Earnings Growth Discretionary positioning still lags the pace of earnings growth, leaving room for the rally to extend as long as revisions stay supportive and macro risks stay in check. That could…
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…
Discretionary vs. Systematic Equity Positioning Systematic strategies sit in the 57th percentile, while discretionary investor positioning is at the 52nd percentile, leaving overall exposure far from crowded and with room to build. Image: Deutsche Bank…