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…
US stock indices were muted on Friday after mixed economic data and as investors awaited more clarity on President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plans. On Thursday, Trump said his economics team will devise plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country taxing US imports, though the directive stopped short of imposing fresh tariffs. At 9:40 am…
S&P 500 firms could see an 8% hit to earnings if Mexico and Canada retaliate on tariffs, BofA says. Wall Street expects an EPS drawdown to dent the S&P 500’s rally. US earnings are otherwise set for strength amid upbeat corporate sentiment. A tit-for-tat trade war between the US and its neighbors could spell real…
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…
After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks have moved modestly lower over the course of the trading day on Friday. The major averages have pulled back a little more firmly into negative territory, although selling pressure remains somewhat subdued. Currently, the major averages are off their lows of the session but…
The stock market is on a volatile ride this week in part because of the tariff back-and-forth from the Trump administration and various countries. But Third Point’s Daniel Loeb believes investors should relax. The hedge fund manager believes stocks will benefit from the macro environment going forward, even with periods of volatility brought on by…
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq particularly impacted as shares of Alphabet and AMD fell following subdued forecasts, while negative earnings reactions in other sectors compounded losses. Google-parent Alphabet dropped 7.5% in premarket trading after posting a deceleration in cloud revenue growth, missing analysts’ expectations. The company also said…
Worries about President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting U.S. stocks Monday as financial markets worldwide drop on concerns about a potential trade war.The S&P 500 was down 1.4% in early trading following similar losses for stock markets across Asia and Europe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 435 points, or 1%, as of 9:35…
Earnings season ramps up another notch next week to start February, forcing investors to wade through a barrage of quarterly results amid ongoing policy uncertainty that promises upheaval for an already choppy stock market. The January jobs report is also due out Friday. Next week will be the busiest stretch for fourth-quarter earnings. More than…
The US Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge came in pretty plain vanilla Friday, perhaps pointing the way toward Wall Street’s favorite flavor: rate cuts. But even that bit of good news wasn’t enough to calm investors trying to read the tea leaves as to what the White House will or won’t do, means or doesn’t…