A stock market in search of direction could very well get one next week. Investors are about to react to two potentially major market-moving events in the week ahead. Nvidia is set to come out with its first earnings report since China’s DeepSeek in January rattled the outlook for artificial intelligence companies. And last month’s…
Wall Street’s main indexes were set for weekly declines on Friday, as fresh data painted a weak picture for the American economy, while UnitedHealth dropped after a report that the Justice Department is investigating the healthcare conglomerate. In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 704 points, or 1.6%, to 43,472. The S&P 500 dropped 1.4%, and the Nasdaq lost…
American stocks have been trailing behind their European counterparts in the month since President Donald Trump took office, amid uncertainty about the country’s economic future and challenges facing its highest-performing players. As first reported by the Financial Times, the Stoxx Europe 600—which tracks large, mid and small cap firms on the continent—is up 5.6 percent…
US Stock Market Today, Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq: Is Wall Street set for a muted start to the day on Wednesday? Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite futures—key indicators of the three main US equity benchmarks—are staging negative moves ahead of the opening bell in the American stock market. At 8:20…
How America’s standing in the world is measured – CBS News Watch CBS News How do you measure America’s standing in the world — by the strength of its economy or the welfare of its citizens? A bipartisan group of scholars crunched nearly 30 years of data and found where America stands in the world…
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets were becalmed by a Wall Street holiday on Monday while the dollar nursed losses suffered after a weak U.S. retail sales report rekindled wagers for two rate cuts this year. Geopolitics remained in focus with reports that talks on the Russian-Ukraine conflict will begin in Saudi…
In a holiday-shortened week ahead, Wall Street investors will be focusing on home sales data and the Federal Reserve minutes of January monetary policy meeting. The markets will remain closed on Monday to mark Presidents’ Day. The week will also see other economic data including preliminary PMIs by S&P Global for services and manufacturing, and…
The S&P 500 may be trading near records, but investors aren’t feeling totally at ease. A sense of complacency in markets may be magnifying risks, a strategist said. A crisis in China’s economy and Big Tech valuations “running on fumes” are also threats to the market. Even with the S&P 500 trading near record highs,…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 13, 2025. NYSE DaVita, a company that provides dialysis services, saw shares tumbling Friday after issuing a weak outlook amid rising care costs, while big investor Berkshire Hathaway offloaded some shares in a preplanned agreement. The health-care stock fell more than 12% Friday….
Investors are going to need some of their concerns around trade or inflation to lift in order for the stock market to rally again. Stocks haven’t moved much since the start of the year. Even with an onslaught of policy developments and fears of sticky inflation rocking the market in 2025, a healthy economy underpinning…