Many investors aren’t quite sure how to feel about the market right now. According to a February 2026 survey from the American Association of Individual Investors, around 35% feel optimistic about the next six months, 37% feel pessimistic, and the remaining 28% feel neutral. So if you’re having mixed feelings about investing, you’re not alone.

As the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy construction and mining equipment, Caterpillar (CAT) has long been seen as a bellwether for the global economy. Happily for long-term shareholders, CAT’s returns have greatly outpaced the global economy – and U.S. stock market – for decades. Caterpillar’s outperformance in the 21st century was never a foregone conclusion.

Nasdaq logo Cloud, AI and blockchain push: Nasdaq says it is “fully scaled in cloud,” is migrating options markets to its Fusion platform (seven of eight live), building an intelligence layer and plans to deploy hundreds—scaling to thousands—of AI agents, while preparing 23/5 trading subject to regulatory approval. Financial targets, productivity and capital returns: Management

I’m not going to hold myself out as an expert on investing. But I believe I have some helpful advice for at least some investors, thanks to working at The Motley Fool for more than a decade, my prior related business experience (which involved meeting with top management, sometimes at publicly traded companies), and graduate

Patrick McMullan / Getty Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki has issued a chilling new warning. “BIGGEST CRASH IN HISTORY STARTING,” he wrote in a recent post on X (1). According to Kiyosaki, this is the very downturn

Energy stocks have been strong over the last six months because the sector is benefiting from a powerful mix of tightening global supply, disciplined capital spending, and surprisingly resilient demand. Crude prices have remained supported as major producers, including OPEC and OPEC+, continue to manage output. So that you know, OPEC+ has discussed a modest

Many investors think that dividend stocks are boring investments. While they might not deliver the thrills of some growth stocks, their returns are anything but boring. Over the last 50 years, dividend stocks have outperformed non-dividend payers by more than two-to-one. The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD) has experienced the power of dividend

We recently published 10 Stocks Jim Cramer Talked About.  CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer talked about. Data center infrastructure provider CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)’s shares are up by a strong 142% since late March last year. Year-to-date the stock is up by 22%. Investment bank Morgan Stanley discussed the firm on February

CNBC anchor Sara Eisen surprised co-hosts of “The View” Thursday by saying President Donald Trump’s policies have actually been a boon for the stock market. Eisen, who was filling in for co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, usually serves as the host of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” On Thursday, however, co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked her, as an expert

Amazon‘s (AMZN +1.04%) fourth-quarter report, released earlier this month, was strong. But shares sold off anyway as the company’s expectation for about $200 billion in capital expenditures spooked investors. Shares of the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant have slid about 13% over the past month as investors have grown more cautious about the cost of building

Today’s Change (13.77%) $11.65 Current Price $96.24 Key Data Points Market Cap $406B Day’s Range $90.58 – $96.75 52wk Range $75.01 – $134.12 Volume 201M Avg Vol 50M Gross Margin 48.59% Netflix (NFLX +13.77%), a subscription-based streaming service for movies and TV shows, closed Friday at $96.24, up 13.77%. The stock moved higher after Netflix

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has produced some big winners in the market. It has fueled even large-cap stocks to report surprisingly high growth rates. Investors who have owned Nvidia stock over the last several years have enjoyed the payoff from that growth. There’s another large-cap name, though, that has significantly outperformed Nvidia. Investors

It’s not quite a War of the Worlds freak out, but this week, once again, a piece of eerie speculative fiction made a big, real world impact. On Monday, a blog post imagining an 2028 economy choked by AI agents sent ripples through the stock market, to the tune of $200 billion. (Wall Street’s loss

US bank stocks are on track for their worst sell-off since Donald Trump’s tariffs shook markets in April as concerns intensify around lenders’ exposure to a downturn in private credit sparked by AI disruption fears. The KBW bank index, which includes the largest US banks such as JPMorgan, Citi and Bank of America, fell 5.8

(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. has one of the strongest growth stories in the market after posting blowout earnings on Wednesday. So why is it trading at a level that looks like a value stock? The chip giant’s shares sank 5.5% Thursday, their worst day since April 16, dragging down the entire S&P 500 Index with

Trump has crowed about the gains in the U.S. stock market during his term, but in 2025 investors saw more opportunity in the rest of the world. If you’re a stock market investor you might be feeling pretty good about how your portfolio of U.S. equities fared in the first year of President Trump’s term.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters UBS’ top equity strategist dialed back his view on U.S. stocks, citing mounting risks from a weakening dollar, stretched valuations and policy turbulence in Washington. Andrew Garthwaite, head of global equity

Key Points Nvidia reported a stellar quarter, but that wasn’t enough to keep the stock afloat. Fears about the future of AI, revenue concentration, and high memory prices are weighing on the stock. Nvidia is a large component of the major stock market indexes, so it has a disproportional effect on the overall market. 10

The quantum computing leader’s sales are skyrocketing. Shares of IonQ (IONQ +21.20%) leaped on Thursday after the quantum services supplier issued a revenue forecast that exceeded investors’ expectations. By the close of trading, IonQ’s stock price was up over 21%. Image source: Getty Images. Staggering sales growth IonQ’s fourth-quarter revenue soared 429% year over year