Apr 15, 2025 | Markets
Bank executives’ commentary over the past week made clear they’re worried about where the economy is headed, but their first-quarter results showed little concern. The six biggest US banks bought back roughly $22 billion of stock in the quarter, a jump of more than...
Apr 15, 2025 | Markets
Tariff turmoil has shredded investing play books up and down Wall Street. But far from Manhattan, in the Nevada desert, Brandon Arnett is sticking to the retail trading mantra that’s worked for all his life: Buy the dip. “I have been buying into the S&P 500,...
Apr 14, 2025 | Markets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Republicans are looking at all options to help pay for President Donald Trump’s campaign promises on tax cuts, including increasing levies on the wealthiest Americans. “We’re going to see where the president is” on the issue,...
Apr 14, 2025 | Markets
Worries over global trade dragged the dollar to a six-month low on Monday, leaving investors bracing for more weakness ahead. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index extended declines for a fifth day, falling a total of 3.3% during that stretch. While Treasuries and stocks...
Apr 14, 2025 | Markets
Wall Street’s leading prognosticators have been humbled this year, with so many proven wrong about the damage President Donald Trump’s combative trade policies would do to the stock market. But despite all the convulsions and uncertainty, most equities strategists...
