stocks

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The S&P 500, the broadest measure of U.S. blue-chip stocks, hit its lowest closing level of the year on Monday, and was marked around 9.1% from the record high it reached on Jan. 27.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

TD Cowen analyst Tom Fitzgerald summed up his thoughts on airline stocks this way: “Well, there’s always next year.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

Growth stocks have largely beaten value shares, fueled by the dizzying run-up of big tech companies such as Apple and Nvidia that have helped power stocks to records and historically expensive levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The Bottom Line: European defense stocks may have more to gain.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

By this time the craze for Internet stocks was completely out of control and had infected the Stanford University medical community.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis