S&P 500 Index

The S&P 500 industrials sector is trading at a forward P/E ratio above 30 — matching tech valuations — as AI data center construction and defense spending drive unprecedented investor demand into machinery, electrical equipment, and aerospace companies.

TechEchelon Staff · 10 DAYS AGO

Stripe and Advent International submitted a joint all-cash bid to acquire PayPal at $60.50 per share, valuing the fintech giant at $53.4 billion, even as a broader AI-driven selloff dragged the S&P 500 down 1.6% for the week.

Sara Montes de Oca · 17 DAYS AGO

Inauthentic online activity is increasingly shaping, distorting, and amplifying the narratives that form around public companies. What looks like broad market sentiment may, in fact, be the work of a small group of accounts pushing the same themes until they appear more credible than they are.

Guest Contributor · 42 DAYS AGO

S&P Global announced Tuesday that Alphabet will replace Verizon in the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average, with the Google parent's Class A shares set to join the index ahead of trading on Monday, June 30.

Sara Montes de Oca · 42 DAYS AGO

South Korea's Kospi surged 2.8% as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reached all-time highs, while U.S. chip stocks including Intel and Micron powered a broad market rebound following a volatile Federal Reserve policy meeting.

Sara Montes de Oca · 47 DAYS AGO

S&P Global said it will not change its S&P 500 eligibility requirements, blocking SpaceX from swift index entry after its record-targeting $1.75 trillion IPO. The move leaves SpaceX ineligible due to a $4.94 billion net loss reported in 2025.

Sara Montes de Oca · 61 DAYS AGO