Riskier Fringes of Market Are Leaving Blue-Chip Stocks Behind
The riskiest corners of the US stock market are on pace for the biggest gain since November relative to larger and more stable peers, a vote of confidence in the economy's resilience amid uncertainty about tariffs.
A UBS Group AG basket of 100 stocks with low scores on measures including financial health or efficiency — names like AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and GameStop Corp. — is up 11% in May, triple the advance of the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average and almost double that of the S&P 500 Index.
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