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The S&P 500 benchmark stock index hit another milestone in its remarkable march higher from the brink of a bear market in recent weeks: It has now erased all its losses for this year.

Mexico hopes to start a review of its trilateral trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada in the second half of this year, ahead of schedule, to provide clarity to consumers and investors, the nation's economy minister said on Tuesday. "We estimate that we'll start discussions in the second half of the year," Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard told journalists on the sidelines of a ministry event with local financial technology firms. The USMCA trade pact is up for review next year.

Shares of Palantir closed at an all-time high as optimism about easing tariffs has driven artificial intelligence stocks higher alongside a broader market rally.

Popular legal AI tool Harvey will now be using leading foundation models from Anthropic and Google, moving beyond strictly using OpenAI's, Harvey announced in a blog post on Tuesday. This is noteworthy because Harvey is one of the OpenAI Startup Fund’s most successful early-backed portfolio companies. The OpenAI Startup Fund is an OpenAI-associated fund to back companies developing products on top of AI technologies, primarily OpenAI's own. While Harvey says it's not abandoning OpenAI, merely ad

Although investor sentiment is turning bullish on optimism that a global recession can be avoided, gold stocks have been a pleasant hedge against market volatility.

Bitcoin BTC climbed back above $104,000 on Tuesday with welcome fresh inflation data, President Trump's bullish outlook on financial markets, and Coinbase's inclusion into the S&P 500 among catalysts for the advance. April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in cooler than anticipated, which may allay pressure on the Federal Reserve anxious about inflation due to tariffs. Fed Chair Jerome Powell's scheduled speech on Thursday could provide further policy guidance.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.6% as AI and other tech stocks led the way. The report on inflation could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut interest rates later this year to help the economy, but analysts and economists cautioned that inflation could still run higher in coming months because of President Donald Trump's tariffs. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 rose 42.36 points, or 0.7%, to 5,886.55.

A new report from Morningstar compares the classic 60/40 investment mix to an all-stock portfolio, with surprising results.

The S&P 500 rose around 1% Tuesday, erasing losses for the year.

Chicago Fed chief Austan Goolsbee called the April inflation report 'comforting' but said he needs to see several more as officials consider rate cuts