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Even with President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the U.S. stocks with the highest international sales are actually besting domestic-focused names. Indeed, a recent analysis from Goldman Sachs found that the 50 S & P 500 stocks with the greatest overseas footprint outperformed the 50 S & P 500 stocks with the least exposure by 7 percentage…
Donald Trump Jr. rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the Texas-based firearm e-commerce platform GrabAGun where Trump is a member of the board on July 16, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Shares of the online firearms retailer GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members…
A mining truck takes ore from the pit to a crusher at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | Reuters Recent headlines from President Trump’s trade war have extended to the metals market, providing investors with more reason to look…
Actively managed exchange-traded funds are having a moment, but it’s not going to be a passing fad. This year alone, a record number of ETFs have been introduced, with 288 new funds and the potential for over 1,000 new ETFs by this year’s end, many bringing actively managed strategies from the traditional mutual fund world…
The upcoming earnings season will show investors whether the bull case for equities still holds. The second quarter reporting season comes at a pivotal point for the stock market, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite trading at all-time highs this week even after an onslaught of bad news regarding higher tariffs, a…
After topping $111,000 in May, bitcoin has not been able to break out significantly above the $100,000 range. Some investors may simply be cashing in their chips, according to Tom Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, with investors who bought into the coin during much earlier stages of its history…
The clock is running out on key trade deadlines, but investors have resigned themselves to negotiations that will likely continue over the long haul as equities trade at all-time highs. The 90-day reprieve from President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on most U.S. trading partners ends on Tuesday. The deadline for the U.S. and the European…
In recent years, the technology sector, especially its biggest names like Apple, had developed the reputation of being the safest choice in a volatile stock market. Tech stocks are now back, even after the big hit many took in 2025’s first half. At the first half’s closing low on April 8, the S&P 500 was…
The trillion-dollar investment cycle into generative artificial intelligence is only just beginning, and is already starting to pay off, according to John Belton, portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds. Tech companies are set to invest roughly $1 trillion in capital expenditures into AI infrastructure over the coming years, causing some investors to worry the businesses may…
Tech stocks have acted like a stock market safe haven at various times in recent years when volatility went up, such as during the Covid pandemic. But a recent slide in the tech stock often considered to be the safest of all, Apple, has raised questions about that role for the market’s leading sector. As…