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5,254.35+5.86 (+0.11%)
At close: 05:20PM EDT
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Previous close5,248.49
Open5,248.03
Volume2,400,060,000
Day's range5,245.82 - 5,264.85
52-week range4,048.28 - 5,264.85
Avg. volume4,100,070,819
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    Will the 60/40 portfolio work for your retirement fund?

    While saving for retirement, is a 60/40 portfolio — a strategy of allocating 60% of investments into equities and 40% into fixed-income securities and bonds — the way to go for all investors? Evans May Wealth Managing Partner Brooke May joins Brad Smith to talk about which type of investors a 60/40 approach does and doesn't work for, and the environment enabling this investing strategy. "When you look at fixed income, you get principle appreciation when yields go down. So as the Fed [Federal Reserve] comes in and starts to cut [interest] rates, bond yields will come down, which means the price of those bonds go up," May says. "So investors right now can get 4.5, 5% on corporate bonds. And they very well could get some principle appreciation over the next few years. So that 40% allocated to fixed income isn't going to be the drag on the portfolio as it was over the last ten years." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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    Q1 2024 Takeaways: The rise and fall of the Magnificent Seven

    As the first quarter of 2024 draws to a close, Yahoo Finance's Head of News Myles Udland joins Market Domination Overtime to recap the market highlights of the past quarter. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is closing the quarter at a new record high, marking the best first quarter since 2019. While 2023 saw the Magnificent Seven tech stocks fuel market gains initially, the first quarter of 2024 is ending with only four of those names — Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), Nvidia (NVDA), and Microsoft (MSFT) — carrying the momentum. Apple (AAPL) continues to struggle, declining for three straight months. As the gains broaden to other sectors of the market, Energy, Materials, Utilities, and Financials all benefited and were the best-performing sectors for the first quarter. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. Editor's note: This article was written by Angel Smith

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    S&P 500 rallied across Q1, but valuations a 'concern': Strategist

    The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is on track for its best first quarter of a fiscal year since 2019. AI stocks and cooling inflation have fueled the rally. With looming interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and an ongoing presidential election season, can the market continue to soar? WealthWise Financial CEO Loreen Gilbert joins Market Domination to discuss the performance of the S&P 500 and how the broader market may move going forward. Several factors could derail the market's persisting rally, Gilbert explains: "I think valuations are always a concern, and I think we've seen just in the last few days some concerns about technology and has there been over-exuberance in the area of AI, and has it kinda gotten ahead of itself? I think you have to be mindful of the prices that you're paying for stocks, because how much has already been embedded to those future earnings that are going to happen. So, definitely being mindful of the price, and that could derail certain areas or certain stocks." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. Editor's note: This article was written by Nicholas Jacobino