Markets

Stocks Hover At Records

U.S. equities sit near all-time highs after a multi-day streak of record closes, while futures trade flat to slightly lower as investors gauge how durable the rally is. The ...

Markets Make a Fed Bet on Soft Jobs Data

Can weak payrolls actually be good news on Wall Street? Investors appear convinced. Markets are rallying ahead of the official August jobs report, betting that a labor slowdown is just ...

Markets Try to Ignore Bubble Warnings

If stocks are this expensive, why isn’t anyone blinking? The S&P 500 is up nearly 30% since April, reaching record highs even as Wall Street digests mounting ...

Markets Stumble Amid Debt and Tariff Doubts

What spooked Wall Street at summer's end? Investors entered September—the market’s most notoriously treacherous month—with a list of worries. Stocks fell broadly Tuesday: Dow down ...

Markets Juggle Tariffs, Fed Drama, and a Gold Frenzy

Have investors finally priced in trade chaos, or is volatility just beginning? Markets wrapped August walking a tightrope: lingering at all-time highs while digesting a dizzying swirl of tariff news, ...

Markets Rise, Then Wobble on Tech and Tariff Fears

Wall Street Walks a Fine Line Amid Policy Drama

Are markets ignoring underlying risks in hopes of more Fed cuts? US stocks keep breaking barriers: The S&P 500 crossed 6,500 and the Dow reached new records, ...

Markets Shrug Off Fed Upheaval—for Now

Why aren’t investors panicking as Trump targets the Fed? Despite the unprecedented move to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook and plans to stack the central bank with rate-cutting loyalists, ...

Markets Shrug Off Central Bank Drama

Why are markets so calm in the face of seismic change at the Fed? Normally, the removal of a Federal Reserve governor—let alone the political brawl now unfolding over ...

Fed Turmoil and Rate Cut Bets Rock Markets

Can markets bounce back when economic uncertainty meets political drama? Financial markets went from euphoria to whiplash as President Trump fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook—an unprecedented move that immediately ...

Stocks Rally on Powell’s Cautious Rate Cut Signal

Is Wall Street’s relief sustainable—or just a pause before the next test? The market snapped back after Fed Chair Jerome Powell cracked open the door to a rate ...