W.W. Grainger Stock Forum

A slew of S&P 500 names reached their highest levels in a year Monday, as the market tried to keep its six-week winning streak going. Overall, 52 S&P 500 components made new 52-week highs. Here's a look at some of them:
$T-Mobile US(TMUS.US)$ traded at all-time highs back to the MetroPCS IPO in April, 2007
$Booking Holdings(BKNG.US)$ traded at all-time highs back to its IPO in April 1999
$Chipotle Mexican Grill(CMG.US)$ traded at all-time hi...

I expect dividend increases from the following dividend aristocrats in April:
Johnson & Johnson $Johnson & Johnson(JNJ.US)$
Procter & Gamble $Procter & Gamble(PG.US)$
W.W. Grainger $W.W. Grainger(GWW.US)$
Sysco $Sysco Corp(SYY.US)$
IBM $IBM Corp(IBM.US)$

The S&P 500 experienced an overall pullback in February, with a monthly decline of 2.61%. However, there are surprises in the performance of some S&P 500 companies, with the most bullish stocks gaining 27.4% during the month!
Star companies like $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$, $Tesla(TSLA.US)$ and $Meta Platforms(META.US)$ also continued their rebound trend, rising 18.83%, 18.76% and 17.43% respectively.
In terms of ma...

Goldman Upgrades Nvidia to Buy, Says 'Wrong' to Have Been Waiting on Sidelines
Goldman Sachs analyst Toshiya Hari upgraded $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$ to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $275, up from $162, based on a normalized EPS estimate of $5.00, up from $4.50 on higher peak EPS. The company "delivered an impressive quarter" and in hindsight the firm acknowledges that its "decision to remain on the sidelines in anticipation of a pullb...

Now that most industrial companies’ earnings reports have come in, investors who are worried about a looming recession should find comfort in the results.
Companies like Eaton ETN –0.95%  ( $Eaton(ETN.US)$ ), Rockwell Automation ( $Rockwell Automation(ROK.US)$ ), and Grainger ( $W.W. Grainger(GWW.US)$ ) have recently reported a strong finish to 2022, and many are offering solid