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2026-06-02
The Motley Fool
At first glance, I expected the S&P 500 (
^GSPC
+0.26%
) and Nasdaq Composite (
^IXIC
+0.42%
) indexes to soar today. Nvidia (
NVDA
+6.26%
) is up by 5.1% at 12:44 p.m. ET, and that kind of move is usually enough to drive substantial boosts to the cap-weighted indexes. After all, Nvidia accounts for 7.8% of the S&P 500's total score and 11.2% of the Nasdaq Composite's.
Instead, the gains are mode
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2026-05-15
The Motley Fool
TheDow Jones Industrial Average(^DJI+0.66%)just crossed 50,000 for the first time ever, and honestly, it feels like the market has been building toward this moment all week.As of 12:17 p.m. ET Thursday, all three major indexes are up by very similar percentages. TheNasdaq-100has increased by 1%, theS&P 500(^GSPC+0.61%)is also up 1%, and the Dow is a rounding error away from 1% at a 0.94% gain.The