Howard Smith is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering technology and industrial stocks. Prior to The Motley Fool, Howard spent nearly 30 years supervising quality and operations in ...

Historically, the S&P 500 has dropped by an average 18% at some point during midterm election years. Stocks usually rebound quickly after the elections, returning an average of 14% during the next six ...

The decline followed intense volatility after the Union Budget 2026. Gold and silver prices have taken a breather after a stunning rally that pushed both metals to record highs. The sudden pullback ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes ended lower on Monday, kicking off the final week of the year on a softer note, as heavyweight technology stocks retreated from last week's ...

A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar headed for its worst week since June as traders looked to data due early next month to confirm expectations for further Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026. With ...

Toyota Motor Corp.’s sales and production fell in November, weighed down in large part by a sharp drop in China as the country discontinues subsidies meant to boost the sales of electric and ...

The national median rent for apartments fell 1% in November from October, and now stands at $1,367, according to Apartment List. The national multifamily vacancy rate was 7.2% in November, a record ...

Stocks spent Tuesday in the dumpster, with the S&P 500 and the Dow each marking four-day losing streaks. Semiconductor stocks got badly hit–as did equities tied to the AI trade. Still, the situation ...

The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped 16 basis points to 6.29% on Friday. This is a major change from May, when the rate on the 30-year fixed peaked at 7.08%. Homebuilder stocks ...