Shown below are year-end targets for the S&P 500 in 2025 set by various Wall Street banks and research firms. The chart also ...

How those changes impact the Fed, markets, and the broader US economy is at the center of the current market moment.

At first sight this seems unlikely because it did well during his first term, from 2016 to 2020 (see chart below). However, long term trends in the US ... the performance of the stock market ...

In 2024, the Morningstar US Market Index rose 24.09%, with artificial intelligence responsible for driving earnings growth—though the final quarter of the year saw large performance differences ...

A warning of a U.S. stock market bubble, advises diversification into value stocks, commodities, and international equities to mitigate risk.

The strategy’s performance closely follows the ups and downs of the US stock market, since it is always invested. All else equal, this strategy should outperform its peers that hold cash during ...