In the year gone by, investors continued to look for next Federal Reserve’s decision. Apart from this, investors were waiting for the CPI or jobs report. Even though there have been clear signals that inflation continues to decline and Fed has plans to cut interest rates in the coming year, investors continue to debate over

Biotech industry continues to make resurgence after this industry has seen a year of dismal performance, resulting in S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index losing over ~50% of the value from peak in early 2021. This index measures the performance of stocks catering to the biotechnology industry. Higher interest rates and normalisation of pandemic-era increases resulted in

Prevalence of dividends has been widespread as ~80% of S&P 500 stocks continue to provide regular payouts on the quarterly basis. However, investors already now that not all the sectors give equal generosity while providing dividend yields. Some industries such as real estate and energy have been considered as the leaders in providing dividends, resulting

The investor sentiments in the US markets appear to be on the bullish trend as a result of strong improvements in overall macroeconomic environment, pause in the interest rate increases, expectations of the cuts in rates in 2024, etc. The positive momentum in stock market was seen after the tough year for equity markets in

2023 was a year which was categorised as one of the healthiest rallies in the overall US equity market, as IT stocks, communication services, and consumer discretionary saw strong gains in the year. As at November 2023 end, S&P 500 saw an increase of ~21%, surpassing its average annual return of ~10%. Tech-dominated Nasdaq index

Semiconductor industry has been categorised as the most important segments of the overall market and is the backbone of modern digital economy. Society’s dependence on a range of electronic devices and interconnected systems continues to increase on a daily basis, and because of this, importance of semiconductor industry has become more definite. Experts believe that

Blockchain industry has been categorised as the most transformative technology as of now. Advent of digital era and migration of several critical sectors including defense, banking, and healthcare to digital space has changed thy way humans perform their tasks in 21st century. Digital technologies focus on reducing paperwork and they streamline processing. However, at the

In 2022, when the overall market conditions were tough, the S&P 500 Index saw a decline of more than ~18%, and the stocks which paid dividends exhibited that they can provide some protection in the falling markets. For example, talking about the stocks which are present in S&P 500, and which paid dividend saw a

During 2022, when equity market saw the bloodbath, rally in the oil stocks was considered as the success story. This was seen because, even though inflation impacted the consumer spending and business sentiment, crude oil price saw favourable impacts. Apart from this, geopolitical events, mainly the war between the Russia and Ukraine, further helped the

In the time span of 4 years, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in huge changes in the US healthcare sector’s structure and its working style. Period of 2020 and 2021 saw numerous challenges for both patients and healthcare service providers. Though there were several difficulties, there continued to be strong momentum of innovation and expansion in