President Trump is in Qatar discussing trade talks with India and a possible nuclear deal with Iran today.
IPO market activity picks up on Wednesday. New IPOs are primarily in the fintech sphere, while analysts are growing bullish on defense stocks.
The S&P 500 erased its 2025 losses, thanks to the U.S.-China temporary trade truce and easing inflation. Analysts are bullish on the index.
Inflation rates slowed to 2.3% in April, with cheaper oil and lower egg prices helping.
The Trump Administration agreed to a 90-day pause on most of its tariffs against China over the weekend.
The traditional 40-60 allocation model does not factor in ongoing macroeconomic variables such as tariff disputes and the odds of a potential stagflation. VOO's valuation risks are unusually high, judging by its yield spread relative to VGIT or the S&P 500's excess CAPE yield. The above macroscopic uncertainties further compound the valuation risks.
The US and UK may agree to a new tariffs regime in which up to 100,000 British cars annually may enter the US at 10% tariffs, while steel and aluminum imports would be tariff-free.
The US and UK are set to announce a new trade agreement that may lower tariffs and boost trade.
The Trump Administration says it will begin trade talks with China this weekend at meetings to be held in Switzerland.
The S&P 500 is poised to open lower one day after Warren Buffett announced he will step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO.
Launched on 09/09/2010, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market.
Jobs growth was stronger than expected in April, apparently contradicting an unemployment report from Thursday.