What It Will Take for the S&P 500 to Reclaim Record Highs—and for Other Indexes to Recover Wall Street isn’t known for subtle reactions, and the recent market swings are a case in point. The S&P 500 rallied sharply on Thursday, officially climbing out of correction territory by closing more...
Gold Suffers Sharpest Drop Since 2021 as Trade Tensions Ease and Fed Uncertainty Fades Gold prices saw their steepest single-day drop in nearly four years on Wednesday, as a shift in U.S. trade policy rhetoric and reduced fears over the Federal Reserve’s leadership deflated the metal’s momentum. After a blistering...
Amazon vs. Walmart: Which Stock Is the Better Bet in a Slowing Economy? When times get tough, shoppers tighten their budgets—except when it comes to essentials like groceries and household goods. That’s where Amazon and Walmart shine, making both strong candidates for investors looking to ride out an economic slowdown....
Markets Tumble as Trump Threatens to Fire Fed Chair Powell A rare and unsettling selloff hit U.S. markets on Monday after President Donald Trump renewed attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, raising fears about the central bank’s independence. All three major indexes plunged— the Dow fell 2.48%, the S&P...
Yardeni: Market Are So Bearish, Only a Lehman-Level Crash Would Make Sense Stocks stumbled out of the gate after the holiday weekend, with renewed trade tensions around China and uncertainty over Fed Chair Jerome Powell weighing on sentiment. The dollar is slumping, and earnings season is heating up—buckle up. Despite...
Firing the Fed Chair Would Shake Markets and Undermine U.S. Economy, Experts Warn As President Donald Trump approaches his second term, renewed speculation about the future of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is sending tremors through financial markets. Trump has long criticized Powell for not cutting interest rates aggressively enough...
