{
  "id": 3005665,
  "title": "10 Monday AM Reads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/10-monday-am-reads",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Big Picture",
    "slug": "the-big-picture",
    "url": "https://ritholtz.com/2026/08/10-monday-am-reads-489/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "July and June saw over 60% of stocks outperform the S&P 500, signaling increased market dispersion. This surge in dispersion, a measure of how differently stocks perform relative to each other, has reached historically high levels. The S&P 500 Equal Weight Index dispersion has closely tracked its cap-weighted peer, reflecting scrutiny faced by companies across the size spectrum during earnings season. More than 85% of reporting companies have beaten estimates this year, with equal-weight tech outperforming its cap-weighted counterpart by 19% year to date.",
  "summary": "My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • Broadening the Base: more than 60% of stocks beat the S&P 500 in June and July: A natural outcome of rising market breadth has been the rise in dispersion, which measures how differently stocks are performing relative to each other. S&P 500 dispersion has reached historically high levels,… Read More The post 10 Monday AM Reads appeared first on The Big…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}