Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures rose on Sunday as Wall Street looks to gauge President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves. S&P 500 futures gained 0.5%, while Nasdaq-100 futures moved 0.8% higher. Futures tied to…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures rose on Monday evening after the S&P 500 extended its losses for a third day following President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were up…
Financial markets that spent two years anticipating a recession that never came took two days to price in surging odds of a recession that might come by invitation. With one of the nastiest two-day selloffs in history following President Donald Trump’s launch of punitive tariffs on most trading partners, the stock market is in one…
Investors are starting to run for the exits. Stocks were primed for another steep sell-off on Friday , with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures plunging more than 900 points. S & P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures were down more than 2.5% each. Those losses come after China said it will impose a 34% tariff on…
Stock market traders have their eyes glued to some key technical charts to get a sense of where the market is headed next as the equities rout becomes increasingly intense over fears of trade uncertainty and slowing economic growth. The S&P 500 Index (^SPX) briefly sank below the first ominous milestone traders were watching at…
Over the past few years, we’ve highlighted the risk of a slowdown in consumer spending as the post-pandemic surge — where consumers were flush with cash — has given way to depleted savings and rising debt levels to sustain spending. Recent data over the past four months shows a noticeable shift in consumer sentiment, with…
Traders’ most widely cited measure of fear is currently pointing to cause for confidence, according to Wall Street veteran Nick Colas. The Cboe Volatility Index , an options-based measure of expected market gyrations, has drifted below its long-term average after previously spiking, which Colas said in his overnight market note Monday is often an attractive…
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the…
Though there are important differences in the economic picture and market structure, investor Tom Lee thinks stocks could react similarly to tariffs this time as they did in 2018. In fact, Lee sees the contrasts between now and then as an even more advantageous backdrop for equity markets. “The combination of accommodative monetary policy and…
The Cboe Volatility Index (known as the “VIX”) measures the market’s expectation of volatility over the next 30 days as implied by a weighted strip of S & P 500 Index options. When investors are nervous, options premiums, and therefore the VIX tends to spike, reflecting heightened uncertainty. A very high reading often signals panic…