Wall Street climbed Wednesday after President Donald Trump reached a trade deal with Japan and hopes rose for more agreements by August 1.

Stocks have hit a “line of death” last reached during the peak of the dot-com bubble, according to Bill Smead, Smead Capital Management CIO.

JPMorgan said the speed at which some stocks have become overcrowded is the fastest in 30 years. It flagged retail favorites like Palantir and Coinbase.

This might be the day Wall Street's left-behind stocks finally have their moment. Roughly 300 of the S&P 500's 503 stocks were trading higher on Wednesday morning, with the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index surging 1.

Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins CNBC's "Halftime Report" to detail his strategy on stocks that haven't been working.

Crowding into high-beta stocks has reached the highest measurable level, leaving the broader market (NYSEARCA:SPY) (NYSEARCA:IVV) (NYSEARCA:VOO) at risk due to complacency, J.P. Morgan's global strategy and quant team argues.

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are largely trading at low valuations because of the interest-rate environment. Despite the beaten-down share prices, many REITs' businesses are doing extremely well.

As we near the 25-year mark, we looked at which stocks have returned the most. Here are the 10 best stocks of the century so far.

Wall Street's reliance on a small number of high market-value stocks to keep momentum going for the U.S. equities bull market will be tested in coming days as major technology and growth companies report earnings.