Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on August 19, 2025. NYSE Stock futures are near flat Tuesday night as investors braced for earnings reports from major retailers and the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 37 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were also…
Wall Street may be past the worst of the tariff headlines two weeks after the initial April 2 announcement — as President Donald Trump endeavors to accomplish enormous trade deals during his 90-day pause — but volatility will continue to be a mainstay of the stock market for the foreseeable future. Investors wrapped up yet…
Inflation readings next week will have to show that the rosy macroeconomic outlook underpinning the bull case for stocks remains intact, in order to reassure a whipsawed market swinging between the latest earnings news and the latest tariff updates. Wall Street is in for a quieter economic calendar in the week ahead, but investors will…
European markets opened in negative territory Tuesday as central banks take center stage this week. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index opened 0.4% lower with all sectors in negative territory, as well as all major European bourses. A focal point for global markets this week is the U.S. Federal Reserve’s final two-day policy meeting of the…