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Many on Wall Street saw this ‘TACO’ coming as Trump’s brinkmanship starts to lose grip on market
Key Points The “TACO” trade — TACO being shorthand for Trump Always Chickens Out — has increasingly shaped positioning. Each bout of geopolitical-driven selling has become progressively more muted since April 2025. The market’s growing confidence is also raising a new question: What happens if markets stop acting as a constraint on Trump? Wall Street […]
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S&P 500 futures are little changed as Trump’s deadline to reopen Strait of Hormuz nears: Live updates
A television station broadcasts a news conference with US President Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, April 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images S&P 500 futures were little changed on Monday night as President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline for Iran […]
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Logan Paul sold a Pokémon card for more than $16 million. Here’s why investors are watching
Pokémon cards aren’t just childhood collectibles anymore. Some owners are increasingly treating the popular 1990s and 2000s trading cards like alternative assets, with some of the rarest cards outperforming traditional benchmarks like the S&P 500 in recent years. During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon […]
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Dow jumps 300 points as oil falls after U.S. reportedly sends Iran peace plan: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on March 24, 2026. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Stocks jumped on Wednesday following reports that the U.S. has given Iran a plan to bring the conflict to an end, sending crude prices tumbling. […]
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Former SEC chair Jay Clayton says regulators would scrutinize trading ahead of Trump post
Key Points Volume in S&P 500 and oil futures spiked on Monday roughly 15 minutes before President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran held talks over the weekend and that strikes on Iranian infrastructure would be halted. “Any move like that in advance of any announcement, the regulators are going to look at,” Jay […]
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Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump’s market-turning post
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 18, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump. At around 6:50 a.m. in New […]
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Watch small-cap stocks as market tries to recover from last week’s declines, says NYSE insider Jay Woods
(PRO Views are exclusive to PRO subscribers, giving them insight on the news of the day direct from a real investing pro. See the full discussion above.) Traders will be paying special attention to small caps this week, after the Russell 2000 fell into correction territory during last week’s pullback, according to New York Stock […]
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns against market timing, says missing best days can halve returns
Key Points BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said staying invested through periods of turmoil has historically delivered far stronger returns than trying to time the market. “Over time, staying invested has mattered far more than getting the timing right,” Fink wrote in his annual chairman’s letter released Monday. Fink also warned that the rapid rise of […]
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Wall Street banks on an unpopular Iran war pushing Trump to de-escalate soon
Wall Street sees a reason for President Donald Trump to try to resolve his war with Iran: political disapproval. Crude oil has soared (Brent is more than 50% higher), and stocks and bonds have dropped since the U.S. began its weekslong war with Iran. A growing chorus of investors now believe Trump is likely to […]
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