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Small-cap and cyclical stocks spark a surprise breakout in the second half of 2025 While investors have been piling into Big Tech and artificial intelligence like they are the only game in town, ...

The S&P 500 moved higher Tuesday morning, putting the benchmark index on track to snap a four-day losing streak. The index recently reclaimed the closely watched 200-day moving average, but retraced ...

Financial services firm Morningstar has launched a new benchmark — which it says is the first of its kind — that tracks 100 of the top public and private market companies in one index. Titled the ...