William Watts

Investors need a scorecard to keep track of the array of candidates vying to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, and that was likely part of the reason for stock-market weakness, analysts said.

The stock market rally takes a breather. Now it’s at the mercy of the bond market as investors weigh Donald Trump’s economic plans and what they mean for interest rates.

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Stock-market investors are desperately trying to separate the signal from noise when it comes to Warren Buffett’s latest portfolio moves.

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Donald Trump’s election victory made for a seismic week on Wall Street — but investors should guard against getting pulled into emotionally charged market narratives that might not endure.

Investors relying on the 2016 “Trump trade” playbook ignore a very different 2024 backdrop for the economy and markets at their peril, a strategist warns.

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One of Wall Street’s last remaining bears warned Thursday that the S&P 500 is approaching “mania” levels as stocks become more expensive, setting up the potential for a further surge in the near term followed by a painful pullback.

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Of the three most likely outcomes of the U.S. presidential election, two of them would likely point to further gains for the stock market, but there’s a major wild card.

Wall Street makes trading elections sound as easy as falling off a log. Reality often disappoints.

A confluence of frightful factors sank stocks on the final day of October.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Tuesday here.

Bitcoin was knocking on the door of its all-time from March on Tuesday afternoon, with traders tying the rally in part to growing expectations for a victory by Donald Trump in next week’s presidential election.

A victory by Vice President Kamala Harris over Donald Trump next week might leave investors temporarily lost, says a closely followed Wall Street research analyst.

Political betting markets aren’t new, but a too-close-to-call, high-stakes presidential election and wariness over traditional polling has led Wall Street investors to look to the shifting probabilities offered by wagering platforms for guidance.

Stock-market investors appear to be taking cues from shifts in betting markets that show a rising probability not only of Donald Trump winning the presidency on Nov. 5, but of Republicans also taking control of both the House and Senate.

Oil futures rose Thursday, taking back losses suffered the previous session following an unexpected rise in U.S. crude inventories, as investors continued to weigh the threat of disruptions to Middle East supply versus concerns over the outlook for demand.