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.

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

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

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.

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.

U.S. prices for obesity-treatment pills that Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk aim to launch next year likely will be on par with their weight-loss injections, analysts and investors say, in a departure from the usual practice of charging more for new medicines despite pressure to cut prices.

U.S. stocks rose after a rally spurred by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates wrapped around the world. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Wednesday.

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,