Wall Street fell on the final day of trading for 2025, a banner year for markets that was driven by both optimism and uncertainty.

The US stock market just achieved something so rare that it’s only happened six times since the 1940s: three consecutive years of double-digit gains.

There’s no denying the success of US equities. Over the past half-century, US stocks have outgained those from every other country in Morgan Stanley Capital International’s database. The chart below ...

The stock market continued to rise in the third quarter, with index funds outperforming and a more mixed bag for active funds. The JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund ranked highest among the largest ...