This week’s highlights: Markets seem to be a bit in limbo these days. Stocks are up on the year, but without much enthusiasm. For the second straight week, the broader market ended pretty much where it began. As Sarah Hansen reports, market strategists see bullish and bearish forces more or less in balance for now….
Key Takeaways FedEx is scheduled to post its final quarterly report for fiscal 2025 after the market closes on Tuesday. Analysts are largely bullish on the shipping giant’s stock, and expect a small decline in revenue while seeing an increase in profit for the latest period. UBS and Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in recent weeks…
It’s been a tense and dynamic week for the world at large. The market action on Wall Street over the past four sessions was been anything but that. For the week, the S & P 500 lost 0.15%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq ticked up 0.21%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was basically flat, up a…
U.S. stocks are drifting higher on Friday in their return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in early trading and adding to its modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 162 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:35 am. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite…
The most popular stocks for investors heading into the second half of 2025 include Amazon , Nvidia and Newmont . The first half of the year was characterized by high volatility, as President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war cast a shadow over the market. Although stocks have since recovered from the lows of the year…
The biggest economic dent from tariffs could come from the general cost of uncertainty. The lack of a clear, long-term U.S. economic policy has led CEOs to eliminate projects, cut costs and generally delay spending. Importantly, the impact from this reduced spending has yet to manifest itself in the economic data. Trade deals would be…
The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% on Friday as investors waited on President Donald Trump’s next move on Iran and a possible rate cut from the Federal Reserve in July. Markets closed off a lackluster week as the major stock indices either slightly dipped or remained flat on Friday. The S&P 500 posted a daily drop…
Senior Israeli officials said this week that their military campaign against Iran could trigger the fall of the regime, an event that would have enormous implications for the global oil market. The oil market has reacted with remarkable restraint as Israel has bombed the third-largest crude producer in OPEC for eight straight days, with no…
KEY TAKEAWAYS After tariff fears hurt the stock market, household net worth decreased in the first quarter—the first time in almost two years. As the most extreme tariffs have been pulled back, stocks have bounced back in the second quarter. Stock gains will likely boost the net worth of higher-income households. But lower- and middle-income…
Israel continues to pound Iran with air strikes as the war between the two countries enters its second week. Israel is aiming to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, and Iran has responded with barrages of missiles. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also seems to have a broader mission, namely the weakening and potential collapse of the…