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A violent rotation away from Big Tech stocks this year could hobble the S&P 500.
The minutes of the Federal Reserve's January meeting revealed policymakers considered language about possible rate hikes amid concerns over elevated inflation.
The Nasdaq composite is on pace to snap a five-week losing streak.
Small investors are unlikely to know what they're doing—and the effect on public markets would be undesirable.
Tom Lee, Fundstrat and Bitmine, joins 'Closing Bell' to talk the state of the markets and large themes moving stocks in the final hour of trading.
U.S. stocks are having their worst start since 1995, the same year Pixar's original Toy Story was released. Yahoo Finance Host Julie Hyman, Yahoo Finance Reporter Jake Conley, and Citi Wealth Chief Investment Officer Kate Moore break down what investors need to know.
Wall Street is removing the velvet rope from a once-exclusive club. But is the party inside worth attending?
With U.S. housing starts perking up, investors may be looking at an early entry point for a broad recovery for home builders and their stocks.
International markets have been outperforming their American rivals recently. Investors could still be in the early innings of a years-long trend.
A BofA survey suggests global investor sentiment is the most bullish since June 2021. Equity funds' holdings of cash are unusually low.
SCOTUS is likely to rule against the tariffs, and the decision is likely imminent. The benign scenario is that the U.S. interest rates decrease due to disinflationary impulse, which could cause a major risk-on move with rising stock market.
Investment advisors agree that it would be foolish for clients not to own foreign shares. The question is what to buy now and how much.
Not A Bear Market Yet, But It's Already A Stock Picker's Dream
Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling that further interest rate cuts are unlikely until inflation shows clearer progress toward the central bank's 2% target, according to minutes from the January 28 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The minutes show officials view the labor market as stabilizing, with rates hovering near a neutral level, but some participants warned that inflation could remain above target longer than expected.
Institutional investors are displaying alarming trading habits amid the ongoing software sector meltdown, going short tech at unprecedented levels. Short interest in the technology ETF has hit new highs, alongside record levels of put buying, amid ongoing narratives of AI disruption to software firms.
This is a developing story.
According to minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's Jan. 27-28 meeting, Federal Reserve officials signaled renewed worries over inflation with “several” policymakers suggesting the central bank may need to raise interest rates if inflation stays above their goal. Mike McKee reports.
Oil futures spiked by over 4% in intraday trading on Wednesday, as elevated U.S.-Iran tensions and fears of a conflict in the Middle East gripped the global market.
Most of the officials agreed that the Fed's key rate is close to a level that neither stimulates nor restrains the economy.
The S&P 500 is off to a dismal start in 2026, lagging most developed-market indexes as investors pull back from U.S. tech stocks with elevated valuations.
Barring a rapid deterioration in the labor market or a significant cooling of inflation, the Federal Reserve appears poised for an extended hold.
Software Selloff Shows AI Acceleration
Some officials favored more neutral language—pushing back against the prospect of future rate cuts.
Trump's CFTC has a message for states trying to regulate prediction markets: "We will see you in court." Disclosure: Yahoo Finance has a partnership with Polymarket prediction market.
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's first meeting of the year showed that several officials wanted the central bank to tell the market that there was a chance its next move might be to raise interest rates.
Forget the indexes. Active ETFs are hot, and stock picking is the new ‘Big Tech.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its Jan. 27-28 meeting.
Nasdaq-100 rallies as tech stocks find value at 200-day MA support at 24379. Base-building needed before new highs, not V-shaped recovery attempt.
What Wall Street doesn't tell you about the long-term return on your investments.
U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining more than 1% on Wednesday.
The FOMC meeting minutes aren't expected to move the needle for rate cuts, says @CharlesSchwab's Cooper Howard. He points to a resilient labor market and inflation above the FOMC's target as reasons investors shouldn't expect "aggressive" moves from the Fed.
5 Signs Of The Coming Correction
Rob Rowe, Citi Research head of global strategy, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the churning action in equity markets, the 'hot' economy and much more.
The AI scare trade retreated Wednesday as dip-buyers stepped in after concerns over artificial intelligence battered equity markets. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.
Washington is aiming to get banks back into the mortgage market.
Trump economist's criticism comes ahead of possible Supreme Court ruling on tariffs this week.
Macro Insights: Death Of A Software Salesman, The Great Rotation, And Dot-Com 2.0
There is a wrecking ball bouncing from one stock market industry to the next and folks are calling it the “AI Scare Trade”. Any whiff of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) could potentially disrupt an existing business model or service, and stocks plunge lower.
January Retail Sales was the big data point to kick off the holiday-shortened trading week on Wall Street
Last week's jobs report was relatively strong, housing data was weak, and inflation generally remained contained. Software stocks dropped, cyclical stocks have performed, and semiconductor stocks haven't experienced a downturn.
AI-driven automation threatens HCM's revenue model. Leading industry players are down 28% to 47% YTD in 2026.
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that the authors of a New York Fed paper that found U.S. companies and consumers are shouldering most of the tariff burden should be "disciplined." "It's, I think, the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve system," he said.
U.S. industrial output charged ahead in January, according to data published by the Federal Reserve.
Nouriel Roubini, chairman and CEO at Roubini Macro Associates, explains how the US gets to 4% economic growth in the next few years. He also discusses Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh's ability to deliver interest rate cuts and his outlook on unemployment and the need for redistribution of wealth by taxing the rich.
From MBA mortgage applications to housing starts and permits, Kevin Hincks says the latest housing data offers much needed strength. He points to a delayed durable goods orders print as another sign the inflation fight is improving.
Business investment emerges from 2-year slump as artificial-intelligence boom spreads
Contact lens makers are poised for steadier growth in 2026 after a slight slowdown in the previous year, banking on rising demand for premium daily disposables and increased vision correction needs globally.