Isabel Wang

Inflation worries have come back to haunt U.S. financial markets as inventors fret over the potential policy changes under President-elect Donald Trump’s second term could stoke a resurgence of price pressures. 

Another Wall Street firm is increasing its S&P 500 target for next year, with a view that stocks are poised to extend their bull-market run to at least the end of 2025

U.S. stocks were taking another leg lower on Tuesday as investors piled in to safe-haven assets amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The combination of Russia ratcheting up its war rhetoric and uncertainty about how the incoming U.S. presidential administration will respond

The chip maker’s earnings could pose a greater risk to the S&P 500 than the jobs report, CPI or the Fed meeting, BofA anaylsts say.

The postelection stock-market rally has started to fade as investors fret over how long the honeymoon could last.

U.S. stocks were trimming some of their early losses in afternoon trading on Tuesday. The Dow was losing nearly 250 points, or 0.6%, at 44,050 after hitting a session low of 43,909. The Nasdaq Composite was wavering between gains and losses at around 19,300. The S&P 500 was falling less than 0.1%,

The S&P 500 on Friday was trading above 6,000 for the first time in history after Donald Trump’s election and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut lifted the large-cap benchmark index to a fresh record. 

The S&P 500 on Friday was trading above 6,000 for the first time in history, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was soaring above 44,000 after Donald Trump’s election and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut lifted the large-cap benchmark index to a fresh record. “We saw the stock-market vol

The stock-market rally still has room to run, as Donald Trump’s stunning comeback for the White House and a potential Republican sweep in Congress may propel the S&P 500 to 6,600 by mid-2025, according to Evercore ISI Research.

Historically, stocks have tended to rise in the postelection period — and market analysts say they still have the potential to keep climbing through the rest of the year.