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U.S. stocks wavered Thursday after a strong run, with weak guidance from Walmart underlining nagging worries about the health of the American consumer.

Fund managers admit they’re buying overvalued stocks.

Walmart was the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s worst performer on Thursday, after the big-box retail chain forecast its first year-over-year drop in quarterly profit in three years.

“I would really like things to be in order should anything happen to either one of us.”

Moves expected by the Trump administration to gut a key government scientific agency could bring another challenge for semiconductor and chip-equipment companies — and their stocks.

Investors are probably better off not overreacting to daily news headlines. Then again, certain headlines and resulting declines in stock prices can set up entry points for long-term investors.

Government-related job cuts by the White House and its “Department of Government Efficiency” haven’t been big enough to show up in the data yet, but fears are growing that they could soon lead to a surge in jobless claims and undermine the strength of the labor market.

The U.S. economy is facing the risk of so-called stagflation, when the labor market softens as inflation heats up, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President Alberto Musalem said on Thursday.

Hasbro said it’s diversifying its manufacturing footprint, with plans to move from 50% of its U.S. toy and game volume originating from China to under 40% over the next two years.

Nvidia earnings are on deck next Wednesday. Analysts are wondering whether the company can deliver another big beat or if Blackwell shortages will limit that potential.

There are “potential vulnerabilities” that could be worrying going forward.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week barely rose from very low levels, indicating that the mass firing of federal workers by President Donald Trump still haven’t shown up in jobless-claims filings.