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As I wrote this blog, the S&P 500 index is up roughly 17% year-to-date. Most likely, your portfolio isn’t. This is a common frustration among many investors in the market this year in particular. As discussed previously, the S&P 500 index performance is a bit deceiving. The majority of the gain in the market this year has come from essentially seven stocks with the largest concentration in the index in terms of market capitalization.

Bank of America Corp. strategists who join a growing chorus of optimistic Wall Street forecasters. The team led by Savita Subramanian is bullish on US equities for next year “not because we expect the Federal Reserve to cut, but because of what the Fed has accomplished." “The market has absorbed significant geopolitical shocks already," they wrote in a note on Tuesday, adding “US exceptionalism is intact." They see the S&P 500 closing at a record 5,000 by the end of 2024, which is 10% higher than Monday’s close.

Stocks managed to rally yesterday, with the S&P 500 up almost 75 bps. With a large portion driven by the usual suspects. The rally in stocks continues as credit spreads narrow and financial conditions ease. This has allowed implied volatility to be sold and stocks to rally. The trade mechanics are similar to what we saw in June and July.

The S&P 500 (SPX) continued to rally last week as risk assets have surged since yields on U.S. Treasuries started to drop in late October. The index closed 2.2% higher last week to secure the first close above 4,500 since August.

The S&P 500 (SPX) continued to rally last week as risk assets have surged since yields on U.S. Treasuries started to drop in late October. The index closed 2.2% higher last week to secure the first close above 4,500 since August.

Last Friday was a good day for indexes as both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were able to close near the highs of the week, while Thursday's losses in the Russell 2000 (IWM) were reversed by Friday's narrow range day near the previous day's highs.

It was inevitable that markets were going to slow down after the recent surge during the week. The biggest reversal came from the Russell 2000 (IWM) which posted a classic inverse reversal hammer, intersecting the 200-day MA, followed by a down-day today to complete a «bearish evening star».

In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a slight retreat, now trading at $36,410, marking a 0.25% decrease on Saturday. This latest fluctuation comes amid significant developments in the crypto space.

Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, and Jacques Audiard are part of the group of 500 French cinema professionals who have endorsed an open letter in support of a silent peace march set to take place in Paris this Sunday. The initiative, organized in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and its ongoing global impact, is being led by the recently established collective known as «Une Autre Voix» (Another Voice). The letter emphasizes that the ongoing fratricidal war impacts everyone, irrespective of individual reasons or affiliations on either side of the conflict.

Global stock funds have witnessed substantial inflows, attracting $23.5 billion in the week ending November 15, marking the second-largest inflow of the year, according to Bank of America's note referencing EPFR Global data.

Nasdaq managed to eke out tiny gains on Thursday while the Dow Industrial Average ended slightly lower with pressure from tech and retail bellwethers Cisco and Walmart after disappointing forecasts. Shares of Cisco Systems tumbled 9.8% as the communications and networking technology company cut its full-year revenue and profit forecasts on slowing demand for its networking equipment. Also in technology, Palo Alto Networks shares fell 5.4% after its forecast late Wednesday for second-quarter billings missed expectations. Walmart shares sank 8.1% a day after touching a record high.

Stocks finished flat yesterday, following the slightly stronger-than-expected retail sales and weaker PPI data. Overall, yields and the dollar rose, which helped hold the S&P 500 to a gain of only 16 bps.

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Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that WhatsApp Channels has surpassed 500 million monthly active users. Channels is a new way to get updates from people, organizations, and teams people follow on WhatsApp.

pest control company, The Pest Informer, is making headlines by offering homeowners a unique opportunity – a payment of $2,500 in exchange for willingly allowing technicians to release around 100 American cockroaches into their homes. This unconventional initiative aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific pest control technique, and homeowners are expected to endure the infestation for approximately 30 days.

Angel One reached a significant milestone, surpassing the ₹3,000 apiece mark for the first time in today's session and setting a new all-time high at ₹3,090 apiece. Year-to-date, the shares have shown impressive performance, yielding a multi-bagger return of 130%, surging from ₹1,320 apiece to ₹3,035. Impressively, the stock has been delivering positive returns since its listing in October 2020.

India has signed contracts to export about 500,000 metric tons of new season basmati rice to cash in on robust demand from top buyers in Europe and the Middle East, traders said on Wednesday. India annually exports more than 4 million tons of basmati — a premium long-grain variety famed for its aroma — to Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, among others. Europe is another big market for the rice. After imposing a ban on non-basmati white rice exports in June to stabilize domestic prices, India set a floor price, or minimum export price (MEP), of $1,200 a ton for overseas sales of basmati in August. However, as the floor price hampered exports of the premium variety and saddled farmers with large stocks of new-season rice, the government last month cut the floor price for basmati exports to $950 per ton. Trade came to a standstill after the August decision, but the lowering of the floor price has breathed new life into basmati rice trade, the traders said. «There's been a great deal of interest in India's new basmati rice crop and so far we have signed export contracts for around 500,000 tonnes,» said Prem Garg, president of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation. «Normally we start getting orders for the new crop in September and October but the MEP of $1,200 a metric ton made it difficult for us to sign any deals,» he said. Indian traders have signed basmati export deals between $1,000 and $1,500 a metric ton, two exporters including Garg said. Turkey, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are top buyers of the rice so far this year, aid Vijay Setia, a leading exporter from Haryana, a top basmati rice producing state in the north. «Despite the MEP of $950 a metric ton, it looks like

Markets clearly liked the latest inflation data with substantial gains for indexes. Leading the charge was the Russell 2000 (IWM) that added over 5% on the day.

Goldman Sachs equity strategists are out with their 2024 outlook for the U.S. equity market.

Federal Reserve may be done raising interest rates. The BSE Sensex was trading 551 points or 0.85% higher at 65,485. Nifty50 was trading at 19,618, up 174 points or 0.90% at around 9.22 am.

Pfizer Inc. is cutting 500 jobs at its Sandwich, Kent site in the UK as part of a cost-cutting effort, a report by Sky News said on Tuesday.