U.S. stocks are drifting near a record on Thursday as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading after pulling to the edge of its all-time high Wednesday following its sixth gain in seven days.

Wariness is passé on Wall Street. Cautious uncertainty over lingering inflation and geopolitical turbulence have been replaced by giddiness over the deregulatory bonanza financial firms expect President Donald Trump’s administration to deliver.

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow closing at their highest levels in more than a month as investors assessed Donald Trump's first actions as U.S. president and were encouraged that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff increases.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 136 points, or 0.3%, as of 11:55 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite was 1.5% higher.

Netflix, Oracle and other tech stocks lifted U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around AI's moneymaking prospects.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon promoted a slew of top bankers on Tuesday to run the firm’s biggest business units, just days after the bank boss was awarded a pair of massive bonuses. The

The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is criticizing President Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 his supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “This is a

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow at a more than one-month high, as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s executive orders after taking office and awaited his first move on trade policy. In morning trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 423 points, or 1%, to 43,911.

Another engine of value creation for Wall Street that has been slow in recent years is the IPO market — which is also set to pick up.

Wall Street Pepe (WEPE) has hit a significant milestone in its presale, passing the $50 million mark. The project, which aims to make advanced trading tools more accessible, is now preparing for its first DEX listing - which many community members believe will occur in Q1.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have recently been two of the hottest stocks on Wall Street because both companies play a key role in the artificial intelligence economy.