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S&P 500 at 7,554 — Is the Record Broad Enough to Trust?
The S&P 500 hit a record 7,554, up 1.65% on June 15. Ruslan Averin's read: the index number is clean, but the gap between the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq is the real story.

The S&P 500 hit a record 7,554, up 1.65% on June 15. Ruslan Averin's read: the index number is clean, but the gap between the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq is the real story.

S&P 500 forward P/E at 20.9x — above the 5-year average of 19.2x. I break down what institutions are actually pricing, where margin risk hides, and my hedged position.

S&P 500 set a new all-time high at 7,444 on May 14. But April PPI came in at +1.4% vs 0.5% estimate — a divergence that explains why the Dow fell the same day.