On January 7, 2026, President Trump announced a proposal aimed at limiting large institutional investors from buying additional single-family homes. Will this make it easier for American families to buy homes?
Venezuela’s economy is deeply intertwined with its trade relationship with the United States. Roughly half of the country’s exports are destined for U.S. markets making American demand a critical driver of Venezuelan economic stability.
It appears the federal government is shutting down today, October 1, as Congress has failed to agree on funding legislation for the upcoming federal fiscal year. If the shutdown occurs, it will be the first one since 2019 and the 21st since 1976.
While some are drawing parallels between the current period and the late-1990s tech bubble and concluding that a crash may be coming, that’s not our view at all. This market environment is very different.
Much has been made of the volatility in the bond markets this year. Over the past few months, Treasury yields have frequently moved 0.20% in a day—something that hasn’t happened in decades.
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its March Federal Open Market Committee meeting. In the section summarizing staff projections, to the surprise of some, the staff explicitly forecasted a recession.
Just for fun: A look at the English Premier League Soccer Kickoff (and Stocks)
On Monday the S&P 500 Index moved into a bear market, finally closing 20% beneath the January 3 high. Here are 7 things to know about bear (and bull) markets.
With the S&P 500 Index in correction territory while the market faces a number of big threats, studying market history for reminders of the benefits of long-term investing can be helpful.
The selloff continued on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index down 7.8% in the usually bullish month of April. With three days to go, this could go down as the worst April since a 9.0% drop in 1970.
