HERE'S WHAT THE 🇺🇸 STOCK MARKET HAS LOOKED LIKE IN 2026 SO FAR
Memory chips and oil refiners are running the year
Best performers in the S&P 500 this year:
SanDisk $SNDK +483.7%
Dell $DELL +261.7%
Micron $MU +219.5%
Marathon Petroleum $MPC +192.9%
Marvell $MRVL +181.4%
Valero $VLO +168.4%
Bloom Energy $BE +163.7%
AMD $AMD +153.0%
Worst performers in the S&P 500 this year:
AppLovin $APP -59.9%
Intuit $INTU -50.6%
Nike $NKE -41.4%
CRH $CRH -33.4%
Oracle $ORCL -33.1%
KKR $KKR -31.7%
Carvana $CVNA -30.3%
Blackstone $BX -30.3%
Even after last week's selloff, tech is up +41.5% this year, with 41 of 54 names in the green.
Memory and storage have led the way, but the biggest names are lagging. Nvidia $NVDA is up +16.8%, Microsoft $MSFT +10.5%, Google $GOOGL +10.5% and Meta $META +7.0%.
Energy is the best sector of 2026 at +54.6%, with refiners leading.
Software has been the weak spot, and alternative asset managers have struggled too, with KKR, Blackstone, Ares $ARES and Apollo $APO all down more than 20%.