Folks, the postelection rally is real... The S&P 500 Index has soared about 5% since November 5. That's a huge move for the broad market in such a short time frame.

The 'Simple' Reason Stocks Are Soaring By Marc Chaikin, founder, Chaikin Analytics Folks, the postelection rally is real... The S&P 500 Index has soared about 4% since November 5. That's a big move for the broad market in such a short time frame. In fact, investors put $8 billion into U.S. equity funds last week. That brings the cumulative total inflow to a record $450 billion in 2024. Put simply, the stock market is having a blockbuster year. And it's looking like the election has supercharged it. That leaves investors with two simple questions... Why is the market soaring? And where do we go from here? Sometimes, "KISS" ("keep it simple, stupid") is the smartest approach when making investment decisions. And nothing embodies the "KISS" idea better than the answer to the question of why the market moved higher... 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Billionaire Ray Dalio, who runs one of the world's most successful hedge funds, says, "Things are going to get worse for our economy." What are these billionaires so worried about? Click here to see why experts and insiders may be preparing for the biggest financial crisis of the last 200 years. More buyers than sellers. Demand for U.S. stocks has been coming from underinvested money managers after the election, small investors who are buying call options in record numbers, corporate buyback activity, and the interest from the nearly $7 trillion in money-market funds. Corporate buybacks will total more than $900 billion in 2024. That's fueled by soaring earnings from tech companies and rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In fact, one Goldman Sachs (GS) strategist expects buybacks to exceed $1 trillion in 2025. Meanwhile, money-market funds saw $123 billion in inflows during last week and the week before. Again, they now have nearly $7 trillion in assets. The longer the market goes up without a correction, the more likely some of that nearly $7 trillion in money-market funds comes into stocks. It's also possible that lower interest rates will eventually push that money back into stocks. The Fed is holding its Federal Open Market Committee meeting next week. And Fed Chair Jerome Powell has already tipped his hand about another 25-basis-point interest-rate cut. That might come as a surprise to some folks. After all, the economy is running hot right now. Software giants Adobe (ADBE) and Salesforce (CRM) estimate that a record $13 billion-plus in sales were generated on Cyber Monday... causing the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model to raise its forecast for fourth-quarter GDP growth to 3.3%. That's some serious growth. And it's no wonder why the market is pushing to new highs. With "animal spirits" rampant and expectations on Wall Street for a pro-business Trump administration, many investors are tempted to become cautious at these new highs. But because of the very positive supply/demand picture for U.S. equities and rising corporate earnings, I'm still in the "bullish" camp. That's where I've been since January 2023. In the November 14 Chaikin PowerFeed, I noted that I raised my year-end target for the S&P 500 to the 6,200-to-6,300 range. And I said that I expected more upside in 2025. That hasn't changed. My advice to investors is to put politics aside... ignore the headlines about tariffs, trade wars, and civil unrest across the globe... and stay invested in U.S. stocks today. Good investing, Marc Chaikin Market View Major Indexes and Notable Sectors     # Hld:     Bullish     Neutral     Bearish Dow 30 -0.31% 10 11 9 S&P 500 -0.29% 107 274 116 Nasdaq -0.34% 32 44 24 Small Caps -0.39% 582 984 342 Bonds -0.47% Communication Services +1.57% 9 8 2 — According to the Chaikin Power Bar, Small Cap stocks are somewhat more Bullish than Large Cap stocks. Major indexes are mixed. *  *  *  * Sector Tracker Sector movement over the last 5 days Discretionary +3.77% Communication +0.32% Staples -0.06% Information Technology -0.36% Financial -1.49% Health Care -1.85% Real Estate -2.07% Industrials -2.13% Utilities -2.9% Materials -3.68% Energy -4.47% *  *  *  * Industry Focus Homebuilders Services 6 25 4 Over the past 6 months, the Homebuilders subsector (XHB) has outperformed the S&P 500 by +2.04%. Its Power Bar ratio, which measures future potential, is Strong, with more Bullish than Bearish stocks. It is currently ranked #9 of 21 subsectors. Top Stocks WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc LOW Lowe's Companies, In LII Lennox International *  *  *  * Top Movers Gainers WBA +17.74% GOOGL +5.59% GOOG +5.32% KR +5.12% BA +4.5% Losers MRNA -9.07% SMCI -8.2% ORCL -6.67% DELL -5.67% ALB -5.18% *  *  *  * Earnings Report Reporting Today Rating Before Open After Close ADBE M NDSN No earnings reporting today. Earnings Surprises FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 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