MATERIALS (XLB)

2025 is going to drive a lot of investors crazy due to frustrating market behavior and fear. The fear will be real because the source of frustration will be grounded in you, the consumer. It’s already here, and it’s getting more obvious in the data.

Linde signed its largest ever product supply agreement with a customer, supporting a $10 billion project backlog, the CEO says.

CEO Peter Konieczny commented on the company’s planned merger with Berry Global, emphasizing its potential to enhance customer value and shareholder returns.

While the company exceeded earnings per share (EPS) estimates, its revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations.

Sherwin-Williams' Q4 results showed strength in residential repaint and packaging, but overall demand remains uneven heading into 2025.

According to Wells Fargo, the leadership shake-up could steer the company toward a more traditional industrial gas growth model while reducing risks associated with large-scale projects.

DuPont shares traded higher in the premarket on Thursday as plans to jettison its electronics segment moved forward.

The S&P U.S. Style Indices underwent their annual rebalancing in December 2024, leading to significant changes in sector exposures.

The energy sector delivered a modest total return of 5.6% in 2024, reflecting a year of moderate energy prices and uneven performance across its subsectors.

Last month, Morgan Stanley's Joseph Moore downgraded Applied Materials from Equal-Weight to Underweight, lowering the price target to $164.

Technical analysis is the way to understand price action in the short term. But you can’t ignore fundamentals, the forces that dictate, more than anything, the long-term performance potential of stocks. 

Since 1928 the S&P 500 has produced a nominal compounded annual return of 9.94%, meaning $100 invested in 1928 would be worth $982,920.31 today. For a total return of 982,820%.