Nvidia’s rise reveals a pitfall of passive investing: Morning Brief

That’s The Takeaway from this morning’s Brief, which you can do register to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Nvidia (NVDA) posted its 43rd record close on Tuesday, bringing its return to 2024 close to 175%. Unfortunately, passive investors who rely on mutual funds and ETFs as investment vehicles have not been able … Read more

S&P 500, Nasdaq slide on data as Nvidia falls

Two of the major stock indexes fell on Thursday after hitting record highs earlier in the session. Nvidia’s ( NVDA ) record rise — which catapulted it to the title of the world’s most valuable public company — also took a breather. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost about 0.2% after briefly passing 5,500 for the … Read more

S&P 500, Nasdaq slide on data as Nvidia falls

Two of the major stock indexes fell on Thursday after hitting record highs earlier in the session. Nvidia’s ( NVDA ) record rise — which catapulted it to the title of the world’s most valuable public company — also took a breather. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost about 0.2% after briefly passing 5,500 for the … Read more

Semiconductor sector posts worst day in 7 weeks: Key prices

Thursday saw the worst trading day for the semiconductor sector in seven weeks. Earnings revisions for some of the top tech stocks like Nvidia ( NVDA ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Meta ( META ), and Alphabet ( GOOG , GOOGL ) are currently over 35% higher than that of the entire S&P 500 ( … Read more