Stocks are approaching a clear test after investors were left in the fog of a government shutdown this month and rattled by fresh tariff fears Friday.

Inflation worries are lingering on the minds of investors, even if Treasury yields were little changed Wednesday by the release of minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting.

ETFs that buy Japanese stocks were rallying Monday, adding to their surge this year, after the weekend election of Sanae Takaichi to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party put her on track to become...

Sectors in the U.S. stock market just traded in a way that suggests investors are excessively confident and a pullback may be near, according to DataTrek Research.

For U.S. farmers, abundant rains to fuel a bumper crop would normally be good news — but it won’t matter how much they produce this year if China, the world’s biggest buyer of soybeans, doesn’t...

Investors seeking to manage risk in their portfolios are turning to ETFs that buffer against losses in the stock market.

The S&P 500 has rallied so far in 2025 — and it’s about to enter its strongest quarter of the year historically, a chart from Bespoke Investment Group shows.

Investors have piled back into exchange-traded funds focused on investment-grade corporate bonds, amid a surging supply of new debt in that part of the fixed-income market.

The path for the U.S. stock market, which is trading near all-time highs, is probably higher after the Federal Reserve last week cut its benchmark interest rate, according to LPL Financial.

The bull market in U.S. stocks might not see much more than a pause for the rest of this year, despite the S&P 500’s lofty valuation, according to Morgan Stanley’s Andrew Slimmon.

DataTrek remains positive on U.S. large-cap stocks, but expects more bearish commentary related to valuation in the days ahead.

Investors in the bond market are adjusting their positioning in the aftermath of the Fed’s shift in monetary policy.

The bond market has priced in interest-rate cuts ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming rate decision — but that’s probably not signaling a recession, according to Vanguard’s Michael Chang, head of...

DataTrek Research analyzed the S&P 500’s “fair value” amid worries over the U.S. stock market’s high valuations.

BlackRock shifted its tactical view of long-term Treasurys but said the macroeconomic backdrop is “murky.”

As anticipation builds around the Federal Reserve’s likely interest-rate cut next week, J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Phil Camporeale is keeping his eye on the behavior of a particular Treasury bond...

As the bond market signals the Fed may resume its interest-rate cutting cycle as soon as next week, investors are weighing how much duration risk to take in fixed income.

Just four of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors had above-average mentions of artificial intelligence on their second-quarter earnings calls this year, a sign of the upside potential of AI as it should...

The U.S. stock market’s consumer sectors remain “unfavorable” amid ongoing concern over how tariffs may change shopping behavior, according to the Wells Fargo Investment Institute. 

Interest rates in the bond market have retreated this week as investors anticipate the Fed may soon cut rates — but their recent behavior also suggests worries over risks such as inflation.