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President Donald Trump ended the week on a grumpy note, rattling his tariff saber — and stock-market investors — on Friday as he threatened levies on Apple Inc. and the European Union. But for all the renewed trade drama,
As the stock market has rallied back, stocks within the S&P 500 aren't all moving together off tariff headlines.
The 50-day moving average is a short- to mid-term trend indicator. When a stock is above its rising 50-day MA, it has about a 67% chance of closing higher the next day. That trend flips bearish when the 50-day is sloping downward. This “technical rule” can be used effectively on stocks, ETFs and market indices.
Caution was returning to the stock market ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend, with bond markets set to close early on Friday.
Investors worried about the US debt pile are weighing the House vote to approve President Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill.
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Stock investors are starting to tune out President Donald Trump’s trade war. After frantically pushing share prices higher and lower for weeks on each twist and turn in Trump’s tariff negotiations, investors are now largely ignoring new announcements.
Week Ahead: Q4 Results, F&O expiry, GDP data, global cues among key triggers for Indian stock market
Q4 results, FY25 and Q4 GDP data, F&O expiry, foreign fund flow, and global cues will dictate trends this week. D-Street experts say the Nifty 50's immediate support is placed at 24,500.
Stocks have suffered their first meaningful pullback since regaining their momentum in a rally that took them off last month's lows and more than erased the losses suffered after the April 2 rollout of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff measures.
In April, the mature stock-driven Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI -0.61%), benchmark S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -0.67%), and growth-oriented Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC -1.00%) showed that markets can, indeed, move in both directions.
If these stocks aren't leading their industries in uncertain market conditions, they're typically paying a hefty dividend.
Investors have a chance to lock in higher yields of 4 or 5 percent, which is only slightly below long-term stock market returns, Braxton says. The bonds come with a lot less risk than stocks, making it a great time to diversify your portfolio between the two asset classes, she added.
The two primary factors that lead me to make decisions in the U.S. bond market and for U.S. currency are both going up.”