Should You Buy Ethereum While It’s Down 45% This Year?

The crypto market hasn’t been doing well this year, and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) has had one of the steeper drops. It’s down 45% year-to-date at the time of this writing.Even after that decline, Ethereum is still the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The glass-half-full outlook is to look at this as a good buying opportunity. But Ethereum is facing some major headwinds as it looks to rebound.Because Ethereum was the first blockchain with smart contract functionality, it became the default launching pad for blockchain projects. Five years ago, if you wanted to create your own crypto token or mint a non-fungible token (NFT), you were probably going to use Ethereum. It was also home to practically all the major decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. At the end of 2020, Ethereum was responsible for 96% of the total value locked (TVL) into DeFi protocols, according to data from DeFiLlama.Continue readinghttps://www.fool.com/investing/2025/04/01/should-you-buy-ethereum-while-its-down-45/

If Nearly Half of S&P 500 Stocks Are Up in 2025, Then Why Is the Index Down 5%?

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is one of the most closely watched stock market indexes. Often viewed as a barometer for the broader market, the S&P 500 consists of the 500 largest companies in the U.S., providing a benchmark for measuring a portfolio’s performance.Year to date (YTD), the S&P 500 is down 5.1% as of market close on March 28, but 218 of its components are up on the year. Here’s what’s driving the index lower, some of the pros and cons of using it as a benchmark, and what the broader market moves mean for your portfolio.Continue readinghttps://www.fool.com/investing/2025/04/01/stock-market-sell-off-sp-500-index-down/