After a blistering 2024 rally, the U.S. stock market has run into a bit of trouble in December. And investors have responded by reverting to familiar behaviors — namely, bidding up shares of ...

Image source: Getty Images. Although there's no forecasting tool or data point that can, with 100% accuracy, predict directional moves in stocks or the broader market over short periods ...

Some analysts warn, however, that market volatility could increase after Trump returns to the White House given uncertainty about how his policy approach could affect the economy. Stocks just had ...

Should inflation accelerate, the likelihood of rate cuts in 2025 year would erode, removing some support for the stock market. Some believe that the market reaction to White House policy proposals ...

Despite market fluctuations, SIPs continue to attract investors due to their affordability, compounding benefits, and ability to mitigate risks through periodic investments. The milestone reflects ...

Since the early 1870s, two metrics have strongly correlated with challenging periods for the stock market. Thankfully, history tends to favor optimists far more than pessimists. For over 150 years ...

With much of Wall Street out for the holidays, the stock market was getting hammered by weak trading volume. The Dow was down 423 points, or 1%, with only a couple of hours left in the week's ...

Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as "large-cap stocks," Stanley Black & Decker fits right into that category, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting ...

Let’s take a look at how professional tools and equipment stocks fared in Q3, starting with Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK). Automation that increases efficiency and connected equipment that ...

High prices could scare off would-be investors, but momentum abounds. The stock market climbed to record highs in 2024, extending banner gains achieved the previous year. The S&P 500 -- the index ...

Readers have concerns that President-elect Trump’s policy agenda will unsettle stocks ... to weather any market conditions, regardless of who is occupying the White House.

The Cboe Volatility Index VIX, the stock market’s so-called fear gauge, skyrocketed 74% Wednesday to 27.6, according to FactSet data.