Tagged: s&p 500

August 6, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin has moved closer to the $65,000 level in recent sessions, trading in the mid-to-high $64,000 range as of early August 2026. The cryptocurrency has shown resilience after earlier consolidation in the low $60,000s, with intermittent advances testing the psychologically important $65,000 BTC price threshold… Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both finished trading at unprecedented levels, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing market recovery. This upward movement gained support from several positive factors, including lower crude oil costs, impressive earnings growth at major banks, and rising… Read More

March 23, 2026 @ 4:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent advancement indicating that maturation of the cryptocurrency sector, perpetual futures trading based on the S&P 500 index has officially launched on the Hyperliquid network. This development, supported by a licensing partnership with S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), represents a pivotal step… Read More

December 25, 2025 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

U.S. equity markets closed higher in a holiday-shortened trading session on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025, with major indexes reaching fresh milestones. The S&P 500 advanced 0.32% to finish at a new all-time high of 6,932.05, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.60% to… Read More

September 7, 2025 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD), alongside AppLovin Corp. and Emcor Group Inc., is set to join the prestigious S&P 500 index, as announced by S&P Dow Jones Indices. This change, effective before the market opens on September 22, 2025, marks a pivotal moment for these companies,… Read More

May 13, 2025 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) is set to join the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial Services, effective before trading begins on May 19, 2025. Coinbase replaces old-school financial firm Discover in the index. This move, announced by S&P Dow Jones Indices, underscores the integration of… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 8:23 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

YouHodler’s chief of markets Ruslan Lienkha comments on Bitcoin, the S&P 500, and gold in this recent Q&A. BTC reclaiming its 200-day moving average is a bullish sign, but what confirmation signals should traders watch to validate the uptrend? The price is currently approaching the… Read More

December 23, 2024 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthfront‘s new S&P 500 Direct portfolio combines the performance of the S&P 500 with the benefit of tax savings and is available for just 0.09% – the same price as the “most popular” ETF that tracks the S&P 500. Wealthfront, a tech-driven financial platform, announced… Read More

September 1, 2023 @ 11:56 am By Michael Wong  |  

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) announced several changes to its indices, including the S&P 500, S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600, effective before the opening of trading on Monday, September 18, as part of its quarterly rebalance. These changes aim to… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 3:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The correlation of Bitcoin (BTC) to the Nasdaq stands at around 53% and declining. Recently, the S&P and the Nasdaq have stabilized after the late January 2022 selloff, according to an update from BitOoda. As they’ve noted, a large down day in the Nasdaq is… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Direxion today launched a series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to give investors access to fintech, oil services and the S&P 500. Unveiled today are the Direxion Daily FinTech Bull 2X Shares (Ticker: FNTC), Direxion Daily Oil Services Bull 2X Shares (Ticker: ONG) and Direxion Daily… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derek Thompson, Writer at The Atlantic and Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS, recently commented on where he thinks the Dogecoin (DOGE) story stands. Where the dogecoin story stands: a parody of an online currency that some people treat as a form of digital gold, based on… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Mallouk, President and CEO at Creative Planning, a nationally recognized “leader” in the wealth management community, recently noted that if you purchase a hundred stocks, “odds are most go up.” Mallouk also mentioned that if you buy a hundred cryptocurrencies, “most will go to… Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Unicorn SoFi notes in its end of year review that we just experienced the “longest bull market run in history.” The SoFi team states that 2020 has been quite a memorable year. During these unprecedented times, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, industries have been… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance reveals that if you had invested $1,000 on Jan 1,  2020, in both Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock and Bitcoin (BTC), you would have earned significantly more from your Amazon holdings, when compared to the price appreciation of the leading digital currency. However,… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jonah Schulman, head of marketing at Security Token Market, notes that the “main catalyst” for the substantial growth in the security token market, during June 2020, was the 96% surge in the Overstock (OSTKO) security token trading on tZERO. Schulman pointed out that at the… Read More

July 11, 2020 @ 5:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency’s correlation with gold has weakened following the COVID-19 outbreak and resulting economic uncertainty. However, the digital asset’s correlation with the S&P 500 stock market index appears to be getting stronger, according to research report from crypto exchange Kraken. Kraken Intelligence,… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), one of the largest cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges in the world, says that they “no longer think that dated volatility-related bets are an effective way to protect portfolios because they are now too expensive.” THe BitMEX team stated: “We believe that inflation… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market continues to recover from its mid-March 2020 lows and at the end of last month, Bitcoin (BTC) was up 22% for the year. As reported by Blockchain.com, a block explorer and crypto wallet service provider, Bitcoin has outperformed other major assets that… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX), an organization that aims to help traders and funds invest in digital assets at “the best price,” notes that its multi-factor market index, which was neutral a month back, has now been updated to “mildly bearish” as of April… Read More