bellwether

June 22 turned out to be the all-time high on both the iShares semiconductor exchange-traded fund and SK Hynix, perhaps the sector bellwether after its meteoric rally of the previous year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

U.S. stocks ticked down after surprisingly heated inflation data as traders kept their powder dry ahead of earnings from artificial-intelligence bellwether Nvidia after the bell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Nvidia is considered the bellwether for the AI spending frenzy, with its results largely determined by mega purchases from AI giants such as OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft and xAI.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

All of which make the sprawling district in Nevada’s rough and rocky Great Basin an improbable political bellwether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

"Come, then," cried Kretschmer pathetically; "come and be their bellwether, and lead the people into the church."

From The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

However, the wins may not be true bellwethers.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

One of the most critical retail bellwethers, restaurants, saw a slight decline in sales in December.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

South Korea’s Kospi fell 2.7% as semiconductor chip bellwethers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both closed down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Magnificent Seven members Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla are due this week, with other bellwethers including Texas Instruments, Boeing and Mastercard providing an idea about the state of the economy.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

The human animal being apt to run after bellwethers, it may be looked upon as natural that this strange conduct of a respectable matron was speedily imitated by the girls.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield