<p style="text-align:start;" size="0" _root="undefined" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false">Belle of the ball Nvidia was the S&P 500’s best-performing stock during the first half of 2024, but there were several perhaps less predictable winners as the S&P rose to a record high, including a sector typically viewed as an underperformer during macroeconomic periods similar to today’s.</p>