A lot of professional money managers like to try to pick winning stocks and outperform the market. Most of them don’t succeed. However, one study found that 79% of large-cap domestic equity funds underperformed the S&P 500 in 2025. Another found that 95% of actively managed large-cap core funds have lagged the S&P 500 over the…
By at least one measure, the US stock market is more concentrated in its biggest names than it’s ever been. The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now make up about 40% of the benchmark index, an all-time high, according to Morningstar data. Morningstar High concentration in any portfolio can be risky because, while…
Bullish exuberance among retail traders drove a new meme stock rally this week. According to Goldman Sachs, it’s just the latest episode in “one of the sharpest short squeezes on record.” And while it’s got room to run, it also raises the risk of a downturn, the bank said. Analysts said this week’s rally in…