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Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on Aug 18: Shares Pop 8.8%

September 12, 2026August 13, 2026 by Bruno
Reddit Joins the S&P 500 on Aug 18: Shares Pop 8.8%

S&P Dow Jones Indices adds Reddit (RDDT) to the S&P 500 effective Aug 18, 2026. Shares jumped 8.8% after-hours as passive funds prepared to buy.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Trend Tags capital markets, index inclusion effect, passive investing, rddt, reddit stock

The Index Effect: How S&P 500 Additions Move Stocks

September 12, 2026July 1, 2026 by Bruno
Index effect S&P 500 stock price chart showing announcement run-up and post-effective decay

How S&P 500 inclusion moves a stock: the pre-announcement drift, run-up to effective date, decay after, and why the effect has shrunk since 2010.

Categories Capital Markets, Market Education Tags index effect, index inclusion premium, investing basics, market microstructure, passive investing, s&p 500 addition

S&P 500 Top-10 Concentration Hits 37%, Beating Dot-Com Peak

September 12, 2026June 15, 2026 by Bruno
S&P 500 Top-10 Concentration Hits 37%, Beating Dot-Com Peak

The S&P 500’s 10 largest stocks now command roughly 37% of the index — exceeding the 2000 dot-com peak. Here’s the data and what it means.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Market Trend, Technology Tags AI stocks, nvidia weight, passive investing, spy holdings, stock market

S&P 500 Inclusion: What Really Happens When a Stock Joins

September 17, 2026May 28, 2026 by Bruno
S&P 500 Inclusion: What Really Happens When a Stock Joins

How a stock actually gets added to the S&P 500, what the historical “index effect” was, and why recent research finds that pop has largely vanished.

Categories Market Education Tags index effect, index funds, investing basics, passive investing, stock market explained

Russell 2026 Reconstitution: A $217B Day, Now Semi-Annual

September 12, 2026May 26, 2026 by Bruno
Russell 2026 Reconstitution: A $217B Day, Now Semi-Annual

FTSE Russell’s preliminary 2026 additions and deletions hit on May 22. The flip goes effective after the June 26 close – and now happens twice a year.

Categories Europe, Market Education, Market Trend Tags capital markets, FTSE Russell, index funds, passive investing, russell reconstitution

SanDisk Soars 12% on Nasdaq-100 Entry: The Index Effect Explained

September 12, 2026April 13, 2026 by Bruno
SanDisk Soars 12% on Nasdaq-100 Entry: The Index Effect Explained

SanDisk surged 11.83% on Nasdaq-100 inclusion news. Here’s the capital markets mechanics behind why index additions reliably move stock prices.

Categories Stock Market Tags index funds, Nasdaq-100, passive investing, SanDisk, stock market, tech stocks

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