S&P 500 futures dip amid cautious trading ahead of Trump tariff announcement
S&P 500 futures are down 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are falling 0.2%. Nasdaq 100 futures are dipping 0.4%. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12 points, or 0.03%, to 41, ...
Opinion
Here's why a backpedal on tariffs from Trump is ‘almost inevitable’
President Donald Trump's "liberation day" has arrived, and Nigel Green, chief executive of U.K.-based deVere Group, predicts that Trump will be forced to backtrack on what are expec ...
Market participants unlikely to gain sense of finality on tariffs from Trump's press conference
Bond-market traders are likely to remain in wait-and-see mode during Wednesday's session ahead of President Donald Trump's press conference at 4 p.m. Eastern time, at which he is expected to announce ...
U.S. oil supplies rise sharply, and trade-war 'angst' may be to blame for a drop in demand
Data from the Energy Information Administration Wednesday revealed a sizeable weekly increase in U.S. crude-oil supplies, a modest fall in gasoline stockpiles and a drop in consumer demand for motor ...
Small caps have been hit this year but are still not sufficiently oversold, says DataTrek
The Russell 2000 is down 9.8% to date in 2025, faring much worse than the S&P 500 with its 4.2% fall, as small caps suffer more from growing concerns of a U.S. economic slowdown. But does this marked ...
S&P 500 and Nasdaq struggle for direction as stocks come off session lows in late morning trading
U.S. stocks were coming off their session lows in late morning trading on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was wavering between gains and losses as of 10:40 a.m. Eastern time, while the S&P ...
S&P 500 may soon retest recent lows, says Fundstrat's Newton
The S&P 500's ability to hold above its mid-March lows is positive, says Mark Newton, head of technical strategy at Fundstrat. Unfortunately, the market's momentum and breadth - the proportion of ...
Bitcoin rises ahead of Trump's 'liberation day' tariff announcements
Bitcoin traded higher Wednesday morning, as investors await the latest round of Donald Trump’s tariff announcements, due at 4 p.m. Eastern time, on what the president touted as “liberation day.” The ...
VIX is elevated but still shrugging off economic policy uncertainty
Market angst sees the CBOE VIX index - a gauge of expected S&P 500 volatility - trade around 23, notably above its long-term average of 19.5. However, as the chart below from Capital Economics' chief ...
Treasury yields hold just above lows of the year amid tariff-induced growth fears
Treasury yield, the global borrowing benchmark, was a touch softer early Wednesday, trading only a few basis points above its lowest level since October. Investors increasingly have moved into ...
Treasury yields little changed after ADP jobs report
Treasury yields remained down Wednesday morning as traders assessed data from payroll company ADP showing the U.S. added more private-sector jobs in March than expected. The yield on the 10-year ...
Key Fed GDP forecast sees U.S. economy contracting 1.4% in first quarter
The weakness in the U.S. economy is starting to get more pronounced, according to a closely watched Federal Reserve forecast. The Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow forecast for the first quarter was ...