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Trade deals are driving the recovery for U.S. stocks with the S&P 500 erasing all of its losses post Liberation Day.

The S&P 500 returned to positive territory in 2025, wiping out all its losses, led by technology stocks. The stunning comeback occurred just over a month after the market had tumbled to near bear ...

Most coverage of investing in the financial media centers on the stock market. But some investors want a stream of income and some may have felt during this year's stock-market decline that they had ...

DIA: Financials (20%), Industrials (18%), Healthcare (16%) (SPDR).

With risk appetite returning to the market following the reprieve offered by the China trade deal, retail investors have ...

In early April, Wall Street threw a temper tantrum that would make a toddler proud. Fearing President Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war would ignite a global recession, investors scrambled to dump US ...

S&P 500 futures are down 0.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are off 0.4%. Nasdaq 100 futures are slipping 0.6%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 89 points, or 0.21%, to ...

U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Thursday, shaking off earlier weakness, as economic data pointed to easing inflation and other positive signs for the economy. Longer-term bond yields also eased ...

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