A chorus of market commentators has proclaimed that the Magnificent Seven cohort is dead, and Bill Smead joins the funeral. In an interview with Business Insider on Tuesday, Smead, who manages the Smead Value Fund (SMVLX), which, according to Morningstar data, has outperformed 98% of similar funds over the past 15 years, said Mag 7
The stock market’s performance in the second quarter was historic on many levels. Major US indices posted their best returns since 2020. Semiconductors had their best quarter ever. But beneath the surface of the seemingly robust AI trade lurks a worrying divergence, a divergence that still has Wall Street strategists on edge. As chipmakers have
