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President Trump's Truth Social posts aren't moving markets like they used to. At 8:04 a.m. ET Wednesday morning, the President posted on his social media platform, "OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME." A post like that would've moved markets a month ago as stocks were swinging on any and every Trump update. But on Wednesday, futures tied to the major indexes barely budged after Trump's post. Instead, stocks found their direction from economic data. At 8:30 a.m. ET a cooler-than-expected reading...

Inflation didn't pickup as much as Wall Street expected in May. The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that consumer prices increased 2.4% over the prior year in May, an increase from April's 2.4% and in line with economists' forecast for 2.4%. But all other closely watched metrics from the release came in below expectations. On a month-over-month basis, prices increased 0.1%, lower than the 0.2% estimated by economists and the 0.2% increase seen in April. On a "core" basis, which strips out the more volatile costs...

Casey's (CASY) stock hit an all-time high on Tuesday after the company beat on both the top and bottom lines in its fiscal fourth quarter. Adjusted earnings grew 12.4% from a year ago to $2.63, alongside net sales growth of 11% to $3.99 billion. Same-store sales grew 1.7%, driven by its prepared food business, non-alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise. CEO Darren Rebelez told Yahoo Finance the pizza and convenience store chain is seeing growth across all income cohorts and has executed against three drivers: store growth, and efficiency, and its...

New data from the New York Fed suggests Americans are gaining confidence in the labor market, even as broad uncertainty around trade policy, interest rates, and other unknowns clouds the economic outlook. According to the New York Fed’s May 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, the perceived chance that the US unemployment rate will rise over the next year fell by 3.3 percentage points to 40.8%. It’s a notable drop as the labor force remains mostly stable. But the figure still sits above the 12-month average of 37.7%, suggesting caution hasn’t...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have all been violently whipsawed in recent months. Volatility-inducing variables, such as President Donald Trump's ever-changing tariff and trade policy, are unlikely to go away anytime soon. Outsize gains in May for the S&P 500 have historically correlated with big green arrows over the next year for investors. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › For more than a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-creating machine for patient investors. Though other asset classes have enjoyed solid...

A high-profile feud between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk reached a fever pitch on Thursday, triggering a $150 billion-plus wipeout in Tesla (TSLA) shares. The selloff came after Musk slammed Trump’s GOP-backed spending bill, prompting fiery responses from the president and raising concerns over the political risk now tied to one of the world’s most valuable companies. "This is a disaster of epic proportion for Tesla and SpaceX," Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management CEO, told Yahoo Finance in reaction to the developments. "And...

Wall Street tech bull Dan Ives is putting his AI conviction to the test. On Wednesday, Wedbush Fund Advisers launched the Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF, which will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IVES. The new exchange-traded fund is built on Ives's proprietary research and aims to provide investors with targeted exposure to the booming artificial intelligence sector. "The AI revolution is the biggest tech theme we've ever seen," Ives told Yahoo Finance in a phone interview following the announcement. "I've started ETF...

The bond market is caught in a tug-of-war between pro-growth stimulus and inflationary pressures, leaving investors with few clear signals and rising long-term yields. "We have policies that on the one hand will boost growth like expansive fiscal stimulus," Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab, told Yahoo Finance. "Then we have some that will slow growth, like tariffs. ... So the bond market is just caught in the middle." Long-term Treasury yields have climbed in recent weeks, driven by concerns over the US fiscal trajectory as President...

US stock futures fell on Monday, as investors turned the page on a bullish May and eyed the month ahead with trade uncertainty lingering. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) were down 0.4%, with futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) dropped 0.5%. Contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) slipped 0.6%. The tepid start to June follows a standout May: The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rallied more than 6% in its best month since November 2023 and best May since 1990. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) soared 9%, and the Dow...

Long-term Treasury yields have climbed in recent weeks, driven by growing concerns over the trajectory of US debt as President Trump's proposed tax legislation advances to the Senate after clearing the House. New concerns emerged late Wednesday after a Manhattan-based trade court struck down a wide swath of Trump's tariffs, adding to uncertainty around how the administration will manage the deficit. "The tariffs the court struck down were likely to raise nearly $200 billion on an annual basis," Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients late Wednesday. That's "roughly...