S&P 500 climbs to a new record close, shrugging off inflation fears
The S&P 500 rose to an all-time high on Thursday as investors shrugged off a key inflation report that showed a bigger-than-expected increase in price pressures.The broad equity benchmark climbed nearly 0.5% to a record closing high of 4,239.18. The S&P 500 also hit an intraday record of 4,249.74, overtaking its May 7 high after the market traded sideways for a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 19.10 points, or less than 0.1%, to 34,466.24, while the Nasdaq Composite gained about
Revenge of the blue chips: Shares of legacy stocks are beating their disruptors this year
Legacy companies are having the last laugh against their disruptor counterparts in 2021. Yet, Wall Street expects the innovation stocks will retake the lead again eventually.After getting trounced in recent years, incumbent stocks like Ford,Disney and Goldman Sachs are beating their competitors Tesla,Netflix and PayPal, respectively, this year. Big-box retailer Walmart is even neck and neck with e-commerce juggernautAmazonin 2021.Shares of Ford are up nearly 82% this year, while Tesla’s stock ha
S&P 500 rises on Friday to close out winning week near a record high
U.S. stocks climbed on Friday as the key May jobs report showed solid gains, boosting confidence in the economic comeback.The S&P 500 rose about 0.9% to 4,229.89, sitting less than 0.2% from its all-time high reached last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 179.35 points to 34,756.39. The Nasdaq Composite outperformed with a nearly 1.5% rally to 13,814.49.The major averages all registered modest gains for the week. The blue-chip Dow and the S&P 500 advanced about 0.7% and 0.6%, respec