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Shares of Walmart Inc. climbed into record territory Wednesday, after the discount retailer’s management did its job to convince investors of the strength of its business and growth initiatives.

As the U.S. gears up for November’s presidential election, stocks across sectors such as defense, telecom, water, environment and construction could provide refuge from any volatility that arises, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.

A Donald Trump victory in the race for the White House, and a Republican sweep of both houses of Congress, should logically be bearish for the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasury bonds.

The seven Big Tech companies collectively have shed more than $500 billion in market cap on Wednesday alone.

U.S. economic activity seemed to soften in the past two months, with five of the 12 Fed regions reporting flat or declining activity, a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday found.

A sharp pullback by the same megacap tech stocks that have driven a robust 2024 rally was dragging down the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on Wednesday. Patient market bulls should be able to handle the pain, strategists said.

U.S. households own more Treasurys than ever before as investors have sought to profit from Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

Traders are tracking prediction markets that have shown an increase this week in former President Donald Trump’s chances of victory in the November election, Strategas Securities’ Jason Trennert said Wednesday.

The odds that Coinbase Global Inc. will face a regulatory enforcement action over its accounting for crypto assets rose on Wednesday, after the regulator acted against another company for the same practice.

As more chain restaurants offer discounts and deals to woo inflation-weary customers, a prominent industry expert is warning that they may soon pay a price in terms of their bottom lines.

Hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent — viewed as in the running to become Treasury secretary in a second Trump administration — on Wednesday defended the Republican presidential nominee’s policies from the charge that they would boost inflation.

Shares of Five Below Inc. were on pace for their worst day in more than four years on Wednesday, a day after the teen-centric discount retailer announced a surprise executive shakeup.