Walmart’s conservative sales outlook doesn’t send an upbeat message about the consumer at a time when ongoing inflation and tariff threats have led to concerns about spending.

Nearly half of the companies in the S&P 500 are outperforming the index to start the year, a stark reversal from the last two years of narrow market leadership where investors str

U.S. equity futures edged modestly lower Wednesday, while Treasury yields and the dollar moved higher, as investors paused a record-setting rally on Wall Street amid renewed tariff and inflation concerns.