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Market Strategists Upgrade Europe After Years of Caution
  • March 21, 2025

Market Strategists Upgrade Europe After Years of Caution

(Bloomberg) -- The financial industry is abandoning caution and chasing the rally in European stocks, hiking their targets and looking to the upside.Most Read from BloombergNew York Subway Ditches MetroCard After 32 Years for Tap-And-GoLA Faces $1 Billion Budget Hole, Warns of Thousands of LayoffsDespite Cost-Cutting Moves, Trump Plans to Remake DC in His StyleAmtrak CEO Departs Amid Threats of a Transit Funding PullbackNYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal FundsNearly half of the strat

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Dow, S&P end flat, Nasdaq snaps four-week decline on tariff hopes
  • March 21, 2025

Dow, S&P end flat, Nasdaq snaps four-week decline on tariff hopes

The S&P and Dow eked out slight gains on Friday, erasing earlier losses after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump provided hope that previously announced tariffs expected to begin in early April may not be as burdensome as feared. Trump said there will be flexibility on tariffs and that his top trade chief plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart next week. Markets have been under pressure in recent weeks as changing announcements about the timing and size of tariffs have clouded the outlook for corporate profits as well as the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path.

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Dow Transports index slump poses trouble spot as investors seek stocks stability
  • March 21, 2025

Dow Transports index slump poses trouble spot as investors seek stocks stability

The benchmark index was clawing back after it marked a correction last week by ending down over 10% from its February record high. The Dow Jones Transportation Average was little changed for the week, but the 20-stock index has been pummeled recently. "The transports are an important tell on future economic activity," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer of Horizon Investment Services.

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