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S&P5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

The S&P 500 has recovered to hit new all-time highs but how real is it, and how are leading finance minds interpreting the recovery?

By Nathaniel Whittemore
AccessTimeIconAug 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
AccessTimeIconAug 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
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AccessTimeIconAug 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. UTC

The S&P 500 has recovered to hit new all-time highs but how real is it, and how are leading finance minds interpreting the recovery?

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today, NLW debuts a new format: “10 Takes in 10(ish) Minutes.” 

In this analysis, he looks at 10 takes surrounding the S&P 500’s return to positive territory on the year, including:

  • Great American comeback
  • Market disconnect and widening inequality 
  • Don’t fight the Fed
  • To the Stoolies go the spoils
  • Stock splits and SPACs
  • It’s Tech vs. everything else
  • Cantillon insiders FTW
  • A new era of global liquidity?
  • You’d have done better with gold
  • You’d have done a lot a lot better with bitcoin

See also: Here Comes the Most Bizarre Bull Market Yet

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