U.S. stocks opened little changed, with investors likely staying sidelined until they can get more clarity on President Donald Trump's plans for tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, inflation and the market for artificial intelligence.

Wall Street was sluggish in the early going Tuesday as geopolitical concerns and President Donald Trump's trade policies weighed on markets. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are virtually unchanged before the opening bell.

Can U.S. stock markets keep rising even at the rest of the world’s expense? President Donald Trump seems determined to test the limits of American exceptionalism but it’s a risky approach.New tariff threats and Trump’s castigation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky shook Europe.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken a sledgehammer to government agencies in pursuit of cost-cutting. But some investors are growing increasingly concerned that their strategies will hurt,

A growing collection of hedge fund managers, financiers and analysts say the markets are now running too hot and are at risk of a sudden downturn.

I would rather ride through that with a little bit of defense.” Overseas stocks could provide another ballast. Although European stocks have been rallying—the iShares Europe exchange-traded fund is up 11% in 2025—they still trade far more cheaply than their U.