The stock market broadly has been rising faster than corporate profits, which raises the volume on criticism from skeptics that it’s gotten too expensive. The S&P 500 is still up nearly 25% for the year so far, on top of last year’s leap of 24.2%.

There have been few better stocks to own over the past three months than Palantir ( PLTR 1.42%). The stock more than doubled in that time, far outperforming both indexes and other market leaders. This performance can be traced to several events, notably Palantir's inclusion in the S&P 500 in September and its blowout Q3 earnings.

U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continues to cool. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in midday trading but still near its all-time high set on Monday.

The package delivery stock's recent earnings gave investors reason to believe the best is yet to come for the company.

U.S. stocks are drifting near their records after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates.

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U.S. stocks are drifting near their records after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 was up 0.