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The new month sees U.S. stocks at record highs as an inexorable rally rumbles on. The S&P 500 SPX has registered a nine-week winning streak during which it has bounced 19%, the best such run since May ...

The S&P 500 was on track to finish higher Monday after posting nine straight weeks of gains. Based on historical data going back to 1950, the S&P 500 has tended to lose some momentum immediately after ...

The S&P 500's 9-week rally added $11 trillion in value, but a small cluster of AI and semiconductor stocks is driving almost all the gains. Technology now controls 35% of the S&P 500, making today's ...

U.S. stocks and oil rallied, with the S&P 500 logging a ninth straight weekly gain and Brent crude hovering near $92 a barrel on hopes for a U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension. Major cryptocurrencies ...

The White House has launched a website that, at first glance, appears to offer classified intelligence about extraterrestrials. In actuality, it provides information on the arrests of immigrants.