The S&P 500 has generated a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) dating back to 1957. Despite many bear markets and 10 recessions, the stock market has consistently moved higher over time. Trying ...

For weeks, stock markets have been falling, and the plunge accelerated after President Donald Trump on April 2 unveiled U.S. tariffs on virtually every country. Several things tend to happen in ...

When we wrote our Leader Board piece “Time to Pivot from Equities” in March 2021, inflation was increasing at an annual rate of 1.7%. How times have changed! At the time, though, we could see the ...

For more than a century, every Republican president has overseen a recession while in office. A couple of economic data points and valuation-based metrics foreshadow trouble for the stock market.

One of BMO Capital Market's charts of the day looks at cross-market dynamics that might set the stage for trading in the upcoming weeks and months. The correlation between stocks and bonds is now the ...

The S&P 500 crashed when President Trump unveiled his "Liberation Day" tariffs in early April, but the benchmark index has since staged an astounding recovery. History says President Trump's tariffs ...