Northrop Grumman has re-entered the spotlight in the aerospace and defense sector, supported by strong Q2 results, upward revisions to full-year guidance, and a 12% dividend increase. Recent price action shows a technical breakout above long-term resistance, accompanied by improving relative strength and renewed analyst attention. The company’s positioning in key growth areas and a record backlog continue to shape the current narrative.
Despite Donald Trump’s repeated branding of The New York Times as the “failing New York Times,” the stock suggests otherwise. NYT shares have been strengthening, with gains of 16.95% year-to-date and solid outperformance versus the S&P 500 across multiple time frames. The stock recently moved through prior resistance on strong volume and has re-entered a favored zone in the SIA MidCap 400 Index. In the end, charts don’t care about tweets — and right now, they show a company that’s gaining ground, not losing it.
Large-cap indexes delivered solid returns this week, supported by falling interest rates and continued strength in a small number of leadership stocks. However, a closer look reveals a key sector rotation underway, with software emerging as a notable area of relative weakness. While a few large-cap names continue to perform well, an increasing number of prior leaders are showing mounting losses. This report reviews recent index performance, the potential influence of declining rates, and the deteriorating leadership trends within the software sector.
Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) continues to suffer from the accelerating shift away from traditional cable, losing 117,000 broadband subscribers in Q2 and plunging 18.5% in a single day post-earnings. With a -35.59% quarterly return versus the S&P 100’s +17.44%, the 53.03% opportunity cost underscores why rule-based SIA practitioners exited early, avoiding the damage. Positioned at the bottom of the SIA S&P 100 Index with a 0 SMAX score, CHTR remains in a downtrend with growing bearish momentum.
In today’s edition of the Daily Stock Report, we are going to examine Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR.TO). CNR has faced significant underperformance, with a -11.37% decline over the past month, -11.68% year to date, and –14.70% over the last year. Currently the shares occupy the 211th spot out of 214 names in the SIA S&P/TSX Composite Index Report.
Merck & Company Inc. (MRK) entered the Yellow Neutral Zone in the SIA S&P 100 Index Report last year on June 12, 2024, at a price of $130.20. Shortly thereafter, the shares fell into the Red Unfavored Zone later that summer on July 30, 2024, at a price of $115.25 and has never recovered out of the unfavored zone even up to today. The shares have faced significant underperformance, with a closing price of $80.79 this represents a 42% price depreciation in one year’s time since Merck’s entry in the unfavored zone highlighting how the SIA platform can help in identifying names to avoid.
Monolithic Power Systems Inc (MPWR) entered the Favored Zone in the SIA S&P 500 Index Report earlier this year on May 13th when the price was $737.73. MPWR shares have continued to remain strong and has consistently moved up the rankings in the SIA S&P 500 Index Report rising 12 spots in the last day, 29 spots in the last week, 7 spots in the last month and a whooping 173 spots in the last quarter. Currently the shares reside in the 83rd spot in the report with a closing price of yesterday at $830.63. This represents an increase of 12.6% since its entry in the favored.
Today, we provide an update to Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) as the shares have continued to remain strong and move up the rankings in the SIA S&P 500 Index Report rising 1 spot in the last day, 69 spots in the last week, 81 spots in the last month and 38 spots in the last quarter. Currently the shares reside in the 71st spot in the report.
Global equity markets face growing uncertainty as aggressive U.S. tariffs and retaliatory actions disrupt supply chains and complicate investment decisions. Recent surprises, like the sharp pullback in copper prices, highlight how unpredictable trade policies are impacting markets beyond fundamentals. Traditional tools can struggle in this environment, making Bullish Percent Indexes useful for measuring broad market strength through buy signals across stocks. Alongside this, examining country ETF performances reveals where momentum persists and where risks might be rising.
Sandstorm Gold shares have exhibited positive moves in relative strength as the shares started the year in the Red Unfavored Zone of the SIA S&P/TSX Composite Index report but migrated their way up the Yellow Neutral Zone in the report in early February signalling it was a name to keep an eye on. Very shortly thereafter the SIA Platform subsequently issued a Green Favored Zone signal back on February 12, 2025, at a price of $9.40. Since then, the shares have continued to strengthen further as the closing price is now at $12.99 which represents a 38% increase since its entry in the Favored Zone approximately six months ago.
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