S&P 500 Achieves a New Milestone: Top 5 Non-Tech Picks

U.S. stock markets have been maintaining their northbound journey in the first quarter of 2024 after an impressive 2023. Year to date, the broad-market index — the S&P 500 — is up 9.2% after rallying 23.9% in 2023. Wall Street’s benchmark has posted several all-time highs on both an intraday and a closing basis so far this year. The latest was on Mar 19, as the index closed at 5,178.51, marking a fresh closing high.The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain robust. U.S. GDP rose 2.5% in 2023 compared with ...