Isabel Wang

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh hasn't been getting much help from the dollar since his vow in June to get inflation back down to the U.S. central bank's 2% target.

A strong dollar is doing far less for the fight against inflation than might be expected.

Oil prices were extending earlier gains on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would order heavy strikes after Iran targeted American forces in the Middle East with ballistic missiles overnight.

The stock-market selloff in July looks more like a stress test than a breaking point.

The bull market has been under attack at the start of the second half of 2026 — jitters over the artificial-intelligence buildout, geopolitical flare-ups and rising longer-term interest rates have all ganged up on investors.

Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, or is the selloff just getting started?

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Tuesday here.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Tuesday here.

Stocks are expensive and cheap at the same time. That’s the strange spot the S&P 500 finds itself in: It’s sitting at a fresh all-time high on Tuesday, yet the valuation metrics that usually flash a warning sign are instead flashing green.

Wall Street keeps insisting the S&P 500 looks like a bargain after July's selloff, with a couple of popular valuation metrics helping to make that case.