Corporate profits and falling interest rates may be enough to lift the S&P 500 to a fourth-straight year of gains, the longest such streak in nearly two decades.

Wall Street's largest banks ended 2025 on a strong note and executives struck an upbeat tone for the year ahead, even as U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed cap on credit card interest rates ​kept the industry on edge.

The S&P 500 increased at 13.5% annually over the last decade, but Wall Street expects slightly lower returns in 2026.

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Wall Street's investment bankers expect to stay busy this year after reaping a windfall from big-ticket deals and stock market listings in 2025. Top U.S. banks reported stronger fourth-quarter profits this week,

Analysts have forecast more stellar gains for the S&P 500. But concerns about inflation, the dollar and sky-high valuations could make for a choppy run.

In a social media post, Trump said he would move to ban large institutional investors from "buying more single-family homes" and he urged Congress to codify the policy into law. Trump accused industry behemoths of buying up properties and shutting average Americans out of the housing market.

President Donald Trump says he wants to ban institutional investors like Blackstone from buying single-family homes.

Shares of this household name outperformed the broader market indexes in 2025, and that could be more to come.

Wall Street is steadying on Thursday as tech stocks bounce back following an encouraging report from a Taiwanese chip giant and as oil prices ease sharply.