Here’s a concise summary of how the S&P 500 performed last week compared to its performance over the past month (as of the market close on Friday, January 9, 2026):
📈 Last Week’s Performance
The S&P 500 gained about 1.3% over the week, with strong buying early in the year driven by big tech and broad market strength.
The index also hit multiple record highs during the week, including a 0.6% rise on January 6 and additional gains through January 9.
📅 Past Month’s Performance
Over the last month (roughly since early December), data shows the S&P 500 has risen about 1.8%.
Monthly data from broader indexes typically shows modest positive performance compared with historical averages, with December individual monthly returns slightly negative or flat depending on source.
📊 Key Takeaways
Weekly return (~1.3%) was substantial relative to recent short-term moves, driven by broad gains and record index closes.
Monthly return (~1.8%) reflects steady modest growth over a longer period (including holiday and early New Year trading).
The stocks I like to focus on are part of the Magnificent 7. Here are the Magnificent 7 stocks — the seven large, influential tech-focused companies that have accounted for a significant portion of recent stock-market gains and play a major role in driving the S&P 500 and Nasdaq:
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL / GOOG) (parent company of Google)
Meta Platforms Inc. (META) (parent company of Facebook & Instagram)
Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)
Tesla Inc. (TSLA)
These seven stocks are often grouped together because of their large market capitalizations, rapid growth, and outsized influence on major U.S. equity indexes — especially the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.
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Here’s a concise summary of how the S&P 500 performed last week compared to its performance over the past month (as of the market close on Friday, January 9, 2026):
📈 Last Week’s Performance
The S&P 500 gained about 1.3% over the week, with strong buying early in the year driven by big tech and broad market strength.
The index also hit multiple record highs during the week, including a 0.6% rise on January 6 and additional gains through January 9.
📅 Past Month’s Performance
Over the last month (roughly since early December), data shows the S&P 500 has risen about 1.8%.
Monthly data from broader indexes typically shows modest positive performance compared with historical averages, with December individual monthly returns slightly negative or flat depending on source.
📊 Key Takeaways
Weekly return (~1.3%) was substantial relative to recent short-term moves, driven by broad gains and record index closes.
Monthly return (~1.8%) reflects steady modest growth over a longer period (including holiday and early New Year trading).
The stocks I like to focus on are part of the Magnificent 7. Here are the Magnificent 7 stocks — the seven large, influential tech-focused companies that have accounted for a significant portion of recent stock-market gains and play a major role in driving the S&P 500 and Nasdaq:
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL / GOOG) (parent company of Google)
Meta Platforms Inc. (META) (parent company of Facebook & Instagram)
Nvidia Corp. (NVDA)
Tesla Inc. (TSLA)
These seven stocks are often grouped together because of their large market capitalizations, rapid growth, and outsized influence on major U.S. equity indexes — especially the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.
This group will be open to the trading public so feel free to post your thoughts and ideas here. Any other unrelated posts will be deleted. Let's GO!!!!