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With the S&P 500 trading above 6,200 points and U.S. equities cruising into the July 4 holiday at all-time highs, long-term valuation metrics are sounding alarms. The so-called Buffett Indicator, a popular long-term valuation tool among traditional investors, has surged to its most extreme...

Even as U.S. stocks trade at all-time highs, JPMorgan's new mid-year outlook suggests a quiet storm may be forming under the surface—one that could see gold soar, the dollar weaken, and markets reset in the second half of 2025. S&P 500 May Cool Off—But Not Crash In a report shared Tuesday, the...

U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 setting fresh record highs after a surprise decline in private payrolls boosted expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts. The ADP National Employment Report showed private employers shed 33,000 jobs in June 2025 — the first monthly contraction...

The U.S. labor market is flashing a rare warning sign after private sector payrolls fell in June for the first time in over two years, raising concerns about the economy’s health and increasing bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Private employers cut 33,000 jobs last month, according...

Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are no longer a distant dream or science fiction—they're hitting roads, farms and factories worldwide as breakthroughs in artificial intelligence spark a commercial revolution across a $1.2 trillion industry. In a report shared with clients on Tuesday, Bank of America...

In January 2025, the U.S. dollar was charging toward its 2022 highs, riding a wave of investor optimism as Donald Trump returned to the White House. Wall Street was betting on tariffs and domestic tax cuts to strengthen the greenback. However, just six months later, the narrative turned on its head...

U.S. equities opened higher on the final trading day of the first half, with tech-heavy indexes extending record highs by midday trading in New York. Risk appetite remained firm as geopolitical tensions eased and hopes grew that upcoming U.S. trade talks could yield tangible progress. Market...

A collapsing U.S. dollar is reshaping the global investing landscape, and seven U.S. companies with strong international sales could be the biggest winners if the greenback keeps sliding into the second half of 2025. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) — a widely followed gauge tracking the greenback...

A sharp decline in the U.S. dollar is reigniting investor interest in emerging markets, prompting billions to flow into investment products tracking equities, despite Wall Street dominating headlines with new all-time highs. The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:IEMG)—the top vehicle for...

A historic inflow streak into the world’s biggest exchange traded fund has come to a sudden end in June, with the S&P 500 benchmark fund losing billions even as Wall Street celebrated fresh record highs. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) saw $5.69 billion in outflows during the...

Risk appetite surged at the end of the trading week, with the S&P 500 breaking above 6,190 and the Nasdaq 100 extending all-time highs, as investors responded to easing trade tensions and geopolitical risks with robust buying. President Donald Trump said the U.S. is in the process of finalizing...

The first five months of Donald Trump‘s presidency have coincided with one of the steepest collapses in the U.S. dollar in over three decades, as economic contraction, surging deficits and political friction with the Federal Reserve hammered investor confidence in the greenback. The Dollar...

Inflation picked up again in May, snapping a two-month slowdown, raising fresh concerns that rising tariffs on foreign goods may start to strain U.S. consumers. The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.3% in May from a year earlier, matching economists’ expectations and...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the S&P 500 surpassed its previous closing high during intraday trading. The S&P 500 pushed into record territory on Thursday, topping its previous all-time closing high from February 19, as the U.S. stock market continued its...