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The S&P 500 snapped a four-week losing streak last week, an event that historically presages gains in the year ahead.

The S&P 500 is one of the most valuable financial benchmarks, offering real-time views of current market health and economic ...

These are crucial S&P 500 chart levels to watch after the benchmark stock index tumbled into correction on Thursday for the ...

The sharp drawdown on the U.S. stock market picked up steam on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 into correction territory.

September usually represents a weak month for the S&P 500 (SP500), with all the major ... This year, however, the broad ...

Buying and holding this broad-based, U.S.-centered index has clearly been a winning, and very simple, strategy. That's why ...

Three Wall Street strategy teams have cut their S&P 500 (^GSPC) outlooks amid the recent ... What stands out now, as the chart below shows, is that there's not much of a clear consensus besides ...

History offers two conflicting opinions about what happens next in the stock market. Here's what investors should know.

Discover insights on the S&P 500's recent decline and historical trends that suggest a possible rebound. Learn more here.

History shows that, since 2008, stocks have typically declined in the first month after the S&P 500 entered correction ... according to Dow Jones Market Data (see chart below).