Retail investors have been playing the momentum theme, increasing exposure to the best performing stocks, since late 2023.

The financial sector entered 2026 with a notable disconnect between strong fundamentals and market performance. The State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) underperformed through January, ...

Momentum investing is all about the idea of following a stock's recent trend, which can be in either direction. In the "long context," investors will essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell ...

Investors aiming for outsized returns should concentrate on Wall Street’s strongest momentum names. To identify stocks with further upside, they can apply Richard Driehaus’s celebrated “buy high and ...

Knowing how to trade momentum stocks is one of the most valuable skills an active trader can develop. Momentum trading is built on a simple but powerful premise: stocks that are moving fast tend to ...