Despite a fragile ceasefire currently, there’s still potential trouble brewing from the conflict in Iran. Mainstream automakers such as Ford Motor Company (F 0.90%) and General Motors (GM 0.40%) don’t do big business in the Middle East and remain relatively unimpacted by the current Iran conflict. It’s a different scenario for high-flying luxury stocks such

We’ve certainly seen a handful of solidly bullish days of late. Broadly speaking, though, the market’s still at risk of a full-blown correction. At the very least, investors would be wise to remain defensively minded. To this end, there’s one particular dividend stock that will not only become more attractive on any marketwide pullback, but

Over the last century, no other asset class has come particularly close to rivaling stocks in annualized returns. While bonds, commodities, and real estate have all increased in value, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.56%), S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.11%), and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.35%) have outpaced them all. But just because stocks outperform over

As CEO of a global bank, Jamie Dimon is keen to pay attention to broad global economic drivers and geopolitical risks. He outlines his ideas for investors in his letter to shareholders every year, which contains valuable insights into asset pricing and investor risks. It can be a great read even if you don’t own

From a purely statistical standpoint, investors have prospered under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.56%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.11%), and growth-stock-inspired Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.35%) gained 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. The first year of Trump’s

Recent stock market volatility and worries about an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble are driving many investors to diversify. If you want an easy, low-cost way to own a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks, the Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHB) could be a solid choice. This low-cost index fund charges a rock-bottom expense ratio

President Donald Trump promised to slash beef prices on day one of his election. Eighteen months later, cattle and retail beef prices have reached record highs. At $6.74 per pound, the current price of beef is about 18% higher than it was during President Joe Biden‘s last year in office. cattle and beef prices have

When most investors look at the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO), they see nothing more than a broad-based, low-fee index fund. What they overlook, however, is a deeper truth hiding in plain sight: Investing in the S&P 500 doesn’t just give you access to the stock market. It also makes you an owner of

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has fallen 1% year to date, dragged lower by particularly large losses in the financials, consumer discretionary, and technology sectors. However, the energy sector has added 30% in 2026 as the Iran conflict has pushed oil prices to a multiyear high. Consequently, the Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEMKT: VDE) has crushed

The Morning Bull – US Market Morning Update Friday, Apr, 10 2026 US stock futures are slightly softer this morning, with key contracts for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 edging down by around 0.1%, as investors focus on inflation and energy. Markets are bracing for US March inflation at about 3.3%, with headline consumer

The debate over Micron Technology‘s (NASDAQ: MU) future gets incorrectly framed all of the time. Bulls point to artificial intelligence (AI) model scale and data center buildouts. Meanwhile, bears remain skeptical of the cyclical nature of memory chips and warn of inventory gluts. I think both camps are indexing too heavily on yesterday’s demand curve.

Although high dividend yields are attractive to income seekers, they can sometimes signal that the dividend is unsustainable and a payout cut is on the way. Is that where we are headed with Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)? The healthcare giant’s poor stock market performance over the past few years has pushed its forward yield to a

📌 Top story — scroll down for more updates Datadog’s Next Trick Is Earnings 4:24 pm — DDOG -3.31% today By Seth JaysonTeam Rule Breakers Not much happened with Datadog (DDOG 3.31%) this week that wasn’t happening to every other growth stock — the whole market whipsawing on war news, purported AI advances that will

Market crashes don’t happen often. But when they do, they tend to separate strong businesses from the rest of the market. In good times, almost everything can go up. But in downturns, investors quickly shift their focus to companies that can hold up under tough conditions. That’s why we must have a watch list stock

Wall Street ended this volatile week on a quiet note. As of 2 p.m. ET, the leading market indexes remained well within 1% of Thursday’s closing scores. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) made the biggest move, sliding 0.5% lower. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) shows a 0.3% gain right now, down from a

When a recession hits, investors tend to take their money out of speculative, high-risk stocks and put it into safer companies, those with businesses built to perform relatively well across the entire economic cycle. Now might be a good time to at least explore doing so. We aren’t sure that a recession will hit soon,

It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen in the stock market tomorrow, let alone 10 years from now. Even though no one has an investing crystal ball, the good news is that there are still durable businesses that have and can benefit from and also withstand anything the economy throws at them. Will AI