Fed minutes are due, and top retailers will report earnings in the coming week. But the main attraction will be Jerome Powell's speech on Friday.

Wall Street is holding steady in early trading ahead of a key meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin this week

WSJ chief foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov unloaded a scathing summary of Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin, mocking the president's pivot.

At least that’s what Wall Street’s fear gauge suggests. The VIX plunged to its lowest point of 2025 on Wednesday, just above 14 — roughly 30 percent below its long-run average of 20 — while the S&P 500 hit a record high for the second day in a row.

Wall Street’s investment landscape is quietly shifting. Following increased volatility in both the U.S. stock market and the crypto market, more institutions and high-net-worth investors are moving away from the strategy of simply holding assets and waiting.

On Wall Street, stocks of companies that could benefit most from lower interest rates helped lead the way. PulteGroup climbed 5.4%, and Lennar rose 5.2% as part of a broad rally for homebuilders and others in the housing industry. Lower rates could make mortgages cheaper to get, which could spur more buying.

The reversal risks declawing a century of consumer financial protections and replacing the backbone of bank accounts.

Here are three stocks favored by the Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record levels in a quiet finish to another winning week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Friday from the all-time high it set the day before as it closed its fourth winning week in the last five.

Nvidia can sell its AI chips in China, and hyperscalers are spending more heavily on data center infrastructure than Wall Street anticipated.

Nathan Thooft is no market bear. His team at Manulife Investment Management, which oversees $160 billion, still holds a modest overweight in stocks. But as US markets jump from record to record, he’s been trimming big winners,

U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of Goldman Sachs' research on tariff risks could prompt some analysts to water down their research, investors and academics said, an outcome that could leave investors with less reliable information.