Buy or die; Bloodbath among S&P's top performers

It’s no secret that early April brought a sudden and stark halt to the 2024 stock market rally. Indeed, as seen in the performance of the S&P 500, one of the most important benchmark indices in the U.S. – the breaking point came very late in March and early in April when it collapsed from above 5,254 points to below 5,150 in just a few days.The situation, however, remains more precarious than indicative of an imminent correction as the index recovered above 5,200 in the days since April 4.Nonetheless, the s ...