The underperformance of small caps and discretionary stocks is not a reason for investors to reduce exposure in U.S. equities, says SentimenTrader.

Wall Street kicked off Thursday with a split mood, as US stock market futures painted a mixed picture ahead of the opening bell. The S&P 500 held steady near record highs, the Nasdaq pushed higher on the back of red-hot AI enthusiasm,

Not all stocks in the index are doing well. If you're hunting for beaten-down bargains, these two laggards should top your watch list.

"If you had invested $1 million in the S&P 500 on January 1, 2021, your return today would be $660,000, of which more than half would have come from the top 10 biggest companies in the index, Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said in a Friday note that featured the chart above.

Per-share prices of plastics materials firms have underperformed the broader U.S. stock market so far in 2025, weighed down by global tariff uncertainty and soft manufacturing demand despite a recent boost.

The stock market pushed further into record territory on Friday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are rising this morning after closing at record levels, up 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively. The tech-heavy Nasdaq ha

As MarketWatch noted earlier, the S&P 500 was on track on Friday to tally what would be its fifth straight record finish. Assuming this milestone comes to pass, it would mark the longest streak of record closing highs for the index since July 10,

The S&P 500 gained 0.1% on Thursday, July 24, 2025, notching an all-time closing high for the fourth straight day following earnings reports from Alphabet, Tesla, and other firms.

UnitedHealth stock has bedeviled the Dow this year, but the insurer’s sharp decline has dulled its impact on the index. The Dow was down 134 points, or 0.3%, on a day when the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were up 0.