Halfway Through, 2018 Delivers Little To S&P 500 Investors
July 7, 2018
Halfway through 2018, investing in Wall Street’s leading S&P 500stock index has been nothing to shout about.
The index of about 500 of the largest U.S. corporations has risen 1.7 percent year to date, far short of its 8 percent increase in the first half of 2017, even as the technology-heavy Nasdaq and Russell 2000 index of smaller companies touch record highs.
Including dividends, the S&P 500 has returned only about 3 percent in 2018, compared with nearly 22 percent last year.