Monday, Jul 20, 2026
Stories By Andrei Popescu
What Is the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index and How Does It Work?
Index methodology resets all 500 stocks to ~0.20% each quarter. RSP AUM nears $96.8B as equal weight outpaces cap weight...
How the S&P 500 Divisor Converts Stock Moves Into Points
S&P 500 divisor turns market cap changes into index points. Practical math, weight-based shortcuts, and corporate action...
S&P 500 Earnings vs Revenue: What Margin Expansion Hides
FactSet puts Q2 2026 S&P 500 earnings growth at 24.7% vs 12.8% revenue. Margin gains look great, but some are one‑offs f...
S&P 500 Post-Earnings Drift: Why Reactions Can Persist
S&P 500 Q2 earnings growth of ~23.6% and calm VIX near 17.5 set the stage for post-earnings drift. Here is why reactions...
S&P 500 Retail Sales Test: Can Consumer Strength Validate Record Valuations?
Forward P/E at 20.1 and S&P 500 near records put retail sales in focus. June data shows 0.33% MoM growth as confidence h...
Goldman Surges as Citi Slips: What Bank Earnings Dispersion Says About the S&P 500
Goldman Sachs’ $20.34B quarter and Citi’s expense worries split bank stocks as the S&P 500 rose 0.28% to 7,536.7. Here i...
IBM's 25% Earnings Crash: What It Reveals About the S&P 500 AI Software Trade
IBM’s 25% premarket plunge after a Q2 miss spotlights budgets shifting to AI hardware over software, pressuring S&P 500...
S&P 500 Hyperscaler Cash-Flow Test: Why AI Spending Now Needs Payback Proof
FactSet puts 2026 hyperscaler capex near $725B as free cash flow thins and bond issuance climbs. Here’s how AI spending...
TSMC's 36% Revenue Jump: Why the AI Supply Chain Still Drives the S&P 500 Trade
Semiconductors hold a record 19.7% of the S&P 500 as AI orders lift TSMC and Foxconn; July TSMC prints may steer Q3 flow...
S&P 500 CPI Week: Why a Soft Inflation Print Still Has to Clear Guidance Risk
July 14 CPI release lands as the Fed drops an easing bias and tech leads a 6% S&P 500 run. Soft inflation still must bea...