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Stocks continued to tumble in the U.S. Friday as financial markets suffered their biggest two-day drop since 2020.

People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on ...

Investors cheered Donald Trump’s election victory in November, but his tariffs have cooled that enthusiasm in recent weeks.

After struggling in 2024, China's stock market is roaring as its AI trade soars. Meanwhile, US peers are hobbled by growth concerns and waning enthusiasm. Volatile trading this week as investors ...

For the first time in over a year, the U.S. stock market is in a correction. The question now is whether the slide is set to get worse.

Here, we turn to data that former Morningstar Director of Research ... US stock market returns going back to January 1886 and annual returns over the period from 1871-1885. In the chart below ...

American companies are investing more in their future and getting a better return on their investments than overseas peers, ...

The day investors have been waiting for is finally almost here: President Trump has promised to unveil retaliatory tariffs on ...