S&P 500 Index Archives - Innovative Portfolios

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Is the Economy’s “Soft Landing” Finally Here?

Innovative Portfolios EditorAugust 31, 2024Perspectivesearnings growth expectations, GDPNow Model, inflation, market soft landing, S&P 500 Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment rate

Economic conditions and data points continue to evolve, sending mixed signals. While growth appears to be slowing, the Federal...

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Is the S&P 500 Currently Overvalued? We Don’t Think So

Innovative Portfolios EditorMarch 31, 2024PerspectivesEqual Weighted S&P 500 Index, forward approach, Forward PE, growth prospects, PE Ratio, PEG Ratio, resilient economy, S&P 500 Index, trailing earnings

A great number of pundits are calling the S&P 500 overvalued based on the PE Ratio (current price divided...

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All Eyes on the S&P 500 Index

Innovative Portfolios EditorFebruary 29, 2024Perspectivesbroadening market, Health Care sector, Industrials sector, Information Technology sector, Magnificent 7 stocks, magnificent seven stocks, market performance, new market records, potential soft landing, S&P 500, S&P 500 Equal Weight Index, S&P 500 Index, S&P 500 performance, S&P 500 record high, sector leaders, Tech sector

Now that is a way to start the year off! In January 2024, the S&P 500 reached a new...

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How Magnificent Have “The Magnificent Seven” Stocks Really Been This Year?

Innovative Portfolios EditorNovember 10, 2023PerspectivesAlphabet (GOOG, Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), dividends, economy, GOOGL), magnificent seven stocks, market outperformance, market-cap, Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), political uncertainty, price-to-earnings-ratio, research, rising interest rates, S&P 500 Equal Weight Index, S&P 500 Index, slow domestic growth, strong dollar, tech stocks, Tesla (TSLA), valuation metrics

The stock market in 2023 has generally been dominated by the Magnificent 7: Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG,...