Indexes and overall tone
Wall Street limped into the weekend looking more like a tired marathoner than a sprinter, as major U.S. equity indexes closed a volatile, tariff‑tossed week with modest moves that felt heavier than the point changes implied. The S&P…
Wall Street ended Thursday with a relieved shrug and a raised eyebrow, as President Trump’s tariff U‑turn kept risk appetites intact and sent major indexes modestly higher while safe‑haven trades stayed stubbornly in vogue. On balance, Thursday’s tape also suggested a market…
U.S. stocks staged a confident rebound on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, as investors cheered President Donald Trump’s decision to shelve threatened tariffs tied to his Greenland ambitions, turning a geopolitical soap opera into a tradable relief rally that lifted risk assets across…
Wall Street stumbled on Tuesday as investors tried to handicap tariffs, the Fed and Washington all at once, leaving the major indexes split between old‑economy resilience and growth‑stock vertigo.
Indexes: Value Holds Its Nerve
The S&P 500 slid roughly 2.06% on the day, marking…
Wall Street ended Wednesday with big tech nursing a hangover, small caps stealing the limelight, and investors once again discovering that the yield curve has a better sense of drama than most streaming services.
Indexes: Big Tech Blinks, Small Caps Smirk
The Nasdaq…
U.S. stocks slipped modestly on Tuesday as Wall Street digested a cooler core inflation print, a heavy dose of bank earnings, and fresh tariff salvos from Washington, leaving the major indexes just a step back from record territory rather than in full…
Wall Street kicked off the week in an ebullient mood Monday, as major U.S. equity benchmarks climbed to fresh heights while gold and silver behaved like they had just discovered caffeine
Indexes: Bulls in Full Voice
The S&P 500 added roughly 0.2%–0.3%, extending last…
Wall Street closed the first full week of 2026 looking less like a Santa rally and more like a New Year’s rebalancing, as investors rotated briskly beneath mostly resilient headline indexes. The Dow (+2.3%) and small-cap Russell 2000 (+4.6%) outperformed, helped by…
US stocks finished Thursday with a split personality: the Dow marched confidently higher, small caps finally stole a headline, and Big Tech discovered that gravity still works, even in an AI bull market.
Major indexes
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 270 points, or .55%,…
The major U.S. equity benchmarks spent Wednesday doing their best impression of a tightrope act, wobbling on tariff angst and rate jitters but largely maintaining their lofty perch near record territory.
Indexes: Gravity Check, Not Freefall
The S&P 500 edged lower, slipping…
