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Reddit will join the S&P 500 on August 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities and becoming only the second pure-play social media company in the benchmark index after Meta. Shares climbed 11% in extended trading on the news.
TechEchelon Staff · 37 DAYS AGO
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 · 55 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 · 62 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 · 87 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 · 88 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 · 93 DAYS AGO
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