Instead of looking for a big IPO payday, company founders and their private equity partners are choosing to stay private and keep profits to themselves.

Trump is pushing for a massive economic bill that combines a hefty income tax cut, with matching “pay fors” coming from a limited amount of spending cuts as well as a farcical amount of projected tariff revenue.

Strong U.S. government bond yields may draw investors away from equities, the strategists warned.

Total market returns would be about 11.25% - price appreciation plus dividend yield.

While the S&P 500 has done nothing for the better part of eight weeks, certain key sectors of the markets are exploding higher.

The first whole trading week of 2025 started with a resurgence in stock market optimism, driven by traders with fresh annual budgets and a renewed appetite for risk.

Today’s trading session was choppy.