6 Stock Market Sector Metrics Investors Should Consider Before Buying S&P 500 Stocks at All-Time Highs

Key Points Sector performance is more insightful than just looking at broader S&P 500 movements. Not all growth stock gains are pure euphoria. Now is a great time to buy stocks in beaten-down sectors that have the fundamentals needed to overcome this period of consumer weakness. 10 stocks we like better than Oracle › 2025 has been an encore year for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). The index is up 13% year to date (YTD) at the time of this writing after gaining 24.2% in 2023 and 23.3% in 2024. S ...