The most commonly cited valuation measure for stocks is the forward price-to-earnings ratio. This is a stock’s current price divided by the consensus estimate for the company’s earnings per ...

Amazon and Walmart have both shown to be adaptable over the years. Amazon has gone from being an online bookseller to the largest cloud computing company in the world. Walmart was able to ...

U.S. crude stocks fell by a smaller-than-expected 1.2 million barrels, gasoline stocks rose by 7.7 million barrels, and distillate fuel inventories increased by 6.4 million barrels, according to ...

More than a dozen prominent companies completed a stock split in 2024. Two premier companies with sustainable competitive advantages are ripe for the picking by opportunistic investors.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes slipped on Thursday as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to extend the four-day losing streak that dimmed the ...

Stocks had a blockbuster 2023 and 2024. Will 2025 be a three-peat? After two years of substantial gains, Wall Street expects the good times for markets to keep going this year — just not on the ...

U.S. stocks roared to another blockbuster showing in 2024. Few expect such a torrid advance in the year to come. The S&P 500 climbed 23%, notching 57 record closes as the economy remained healthy ...

A Springfield man was fatally shot early Wednesday morning, prompting the city’s first homicide investigation in 2025, according to the Springfield Police Department. David Franklin, 23 ...

The stock market had a strong year in 2024, with the S&P 500 surging about 23% to record highs, extending the strong gains seen in 2023. It's the first time the index posted back-to-back annual ...

Despite US stocks closing lower Tuesday in a disappointing December that saw the Dow drop over 2,000 points, or about 5%, and the S&P 500 slide 2.5%, this was a stellar year for stocks.

Spencer Platt / Getty Images Stocks are entering 2025 on somewhat shaky footing. After surging to a series of record highs following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election ...

Wall Street lost ground on Tuesday as investors closed the book on a remarkable year for equities, during which the stock market was powered to record highs by the twin engines of the artificial ...