The S&P 500 ended 2025 at 6,845.5 points. Analysts at Bank of America expect the benchmark index to hit 7,100 by year-end 2026, suggesting a roughly 3.72% gain from now. Meanwhile, analysts at ...

The U.S. stock market scaled new heights in 2025, as investors largely tuned out concerns about the Trump administration's sharply higher tariffs and shrugged off fears of a financial market bubble ...

This year’s largest stock sale wasn’t on the New York Stock Exchange or its uptown rival, the Nasdaq Stock Market. Instead, it was a $40 billion offering by OpenAI that was available to only the ...

Liquidity constraints persist, with elevated overnight funding rates and record Treasury holdings on primary dealer balance sheets. Fed reserve balances remain below $3 trillion, unlikely to rise ...

Virginia shops could start selling marijuana by next fall, under a proposal to create a regulated retail marketplace unveiled by state lawmakers Tuesday afternoon. The Joint Commission on the Future ...

Someone has hit the pause button on holiday joy. Stocks fell to start December after five straight days of gains. The S&P 500 was down 0.5%, Dow was down 0.9%, while the Nasdaq fell 0.4%. Losses were ...

The global liquidity cycle — best described as the flow of funds through world financial markets — is drying up and this is bearish for equities, says a veteran strategist. “We’ve been in a bit of a ...

Macy's midtown Manhattan department store, ahead of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Press) U.S. stock and bond markets are open as usual Wednesday, but they will be closed Thursday ...

Before joining Investopedia, David Marino-Nachison was an editor at The Wall Street Journal focused mainly on daily markets and investing news. He also worked on The Journal’s publishing desk; as a ...

Growing jitters over the Federal Reserve, crypto and the future of the artificial intelligence boom have helped drive a global sell-off. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler Michael J.

What began as a banner day for stocks turned into a major rout, as investors signaled ongoing skepticism about the longevity of the artificial intelligence boom and trimmed hopes of support from the ...

Rothschild Redburn analyst Alex Haissl downgraded Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) to neutral with a $250 price target. “Taking a more cautious view on AWS is a difficult but necessary step,” says Haissl, ...