In the less than two months since the election, there have been four separate occasions when Republican messiness affected the markets

A recent survey by CNBC found that most investors believe the stock market will flourish in a second Trump term. But that sentiment could be nostalgic thinking at work because many remember the S&P 500's gains during much of Trump's first four years in office.

The last time the stock market saw three consecutive years of gains over 20% was during the dot-com boom of the late 1990's.

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has investors and business leaders closely watching how the stock market will react. History shows mixed results, with both optimism and caution warranted. During Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2021,

Asian markets have opened with gains after U.S. stock indexes slipped as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025.

A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with gains, putting Wall Street on track to break a four-day losing streak that dimmed the end of its stellar 2024. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% at the open of trading Thursday following its longest losing streak since early September.

U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with some modest moves. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in early Thursday trading and was on track to break a four-day losing streak, its