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Though stocks are a bona fide long-term wealth creator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite don't move from Point A to Point B in a straight line. Numerous catalysts -- including President Donald Trump's ever-changing tariff and trade policy -- whipsawed Wall Street in April. An exceptionally rare period of outsize gains for the benchmark S&P 500 bodes extremely well for future stock returns, based on what history has to say. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › For well over a century,...

Solar stocks rebounded on Friday but were still on track to close out the week with steep losses as Wall Street assesses last-minute changes slipped into the tax-and-spending bill approved by the House this week, which threaten to disrupt the industry. SolarEdge (SEDG), Sunrun (RUN), Complete Solaria (SPWR), and Enphase Energy (ENPH) were among the biggest decliners this week, all down double-digit percentages. Most of the damage to the sector came on Thursday after the “big, beautiful bill” passed by one vote called for ending key investment and production tax...

Asian markets mostly advanced overnight Thursday as investors weighed regional economic data and fresh diplomatic signals between the US and China. Japan’s Nikkei 225 (^N225) rose 1% with the government recording core inflation at 3.5%, the highest in over 2 years. South Korea’s Kospi (^KS11) added 0.4% despite weakness in Korean tech stocks. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 (^AXJO) climbed 0.3%, led by gains in miners and banks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (^HSI) and China’s CSI 300 (000300.SS) were flat at the open, as caution prevailed among investors navigating mixed economic...

US stock futures turned sharply lower after President Trump threatened new tariffs on the European Union and Apple (AAPL). In addition to warning Apple of a 25% tariff (see post below), Trump proposed applying a 50% tariff on all EU goods starting June 1 after trade talks stalled. "The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore, I am recommending...

The US dollar is under pressure as global investors grow increasingly wary of America's fiscal trajectory. Once seen as a reliable safe haven, the greenback is now facing renewed skepticism, with strategists telling Yahoo Finance that capital is shifting toward undervalued currencies in Europe and Asia amid expectations of foreign stimulus and more attractive valuations abroad. The US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB) — which tracks the dollar's value against a basket of major currencies including the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc — has dropped...

May 22, 2025 10:33 PM ISTUS Stock Market LIVE Updates: Solar Power Stocks Plunge as GOP House Bill to Gut SubsidiesInvestors of clean-power stocks are running for the exits after a massive tax and spending bill that would gut former President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law narrowly passed the House of Representatives.   The bill now moves to the Senate, where some lawmakers are skeptical of provisions that would end subsidies for green energy years earlier than planned. But even as some Wall Street analysts suggested a final bill isn’t...

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that the US Treasury will stop minting new pennies next year, bringing an end to the country's smallest monetary denomination. According to the Journal, the Treasury lost $85 million last year on new pennies, with 3 billion new one-cent pieces minted and then sent into circulation. The move is expected to save the government $56 million annually. For businesses, the lack of new pennies in circulation will mean cash transactions need to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents, with...

US economic output rebounded in May as businesses digested President Trump's tariff rollback. S&P Global's flash US composite PMI, which captures activity in both the services and manufacturing sectors, came in at 52.1 in May, up from 50.6 in April. Increased activity in both the services and manufacturing sectors helped drive the gains. S&P's services PMI increased to 52.3 in May, up from 50.8. Meanwhile, the manufacturing PMI also increased, rising to 52.3, above the 50.2 seen the month prior. “Business confidence has improved in May from the worrying slump...

US Stock Market Live: Wall Street saw one of its most brutal selling sessions overnight in over a month as rising deficit worries led to a spike in bond yields, which in turn hit sentiment around equities. The run-up seen from lower levels also was a big factor in investors choosing to take money off the table as uncertainties rose. Watch this space for all the live updates.US Stock Market Live: Wall Street saw one of its most brutal selling sessions overnight in over a month as rising deficit worries...

The S&P 500's (^GSPC) macro moment may be over. As tariff news whipsawed markets to start the second quarter, stocks moved roughly in unison. In April, the one-month correlation of stock movements within the benchmark index soared to nearly 0.7, a level only seen in the past five years when the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates in 2022 and during the onset of the pandemic. But as President Trump has dialed back the height of his tariffs on other nations, the correlation between stocks in the S&P 500 has...