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Extending the 16.4% rise in 2025, the S&P 500 has roared 13.3% higher since the start of the year as of this writing. While investors are undoubtedly happy with the market’s performance, plenty recognize that the party can’t go on forever and believe a downturn is right around the corner

Wendy’s (NASDAQ:WEN), a quick-service burger chain with mostly franchised restaurants, closed at $8.66. Shares rose 14.70% on reports that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is preparing a take-private bid. Investors are watching whether a consortium forms and whether the bid advances. Trading volume reached 44.5M shares, coming in about 148% above its three-month average of…

US stock futures were little changed in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors braced for fresh Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, which could alter the Fed’s interest rate calculus

I read an interesting BBC article yesterday (11 August) about a young woman who had managed to get on the property ladder with a little help from the stock market

Wall Street closed lower on Monday as higher oil prices fueled concerns over inflation and interest rates. Moreover, earnings results were encouraging. The Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500 and the Dow ended in negative territory. 

Since the S&P 500 was introduced in its modern form, US equities have experienced dozens of corrections, crashes, and bear markets. Some declines lasted only a few weeks before markets rebounded, while others erased years of gains and required nearly a decade to fully recover. Yet despite the differences in their causes, severity, and duration,…

US stocks slipped into red territory as the standoff between the US and Iran became more entrenched, raising doubts about progress on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

After months of stagnating growth, major market indexes have rallied. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) have surged by 6%, 9%, and 5%, respectively, since late July alone, as of this writing

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Stocks have entered valuation waters last seen during the dot-com craze of the late 1990s