U.S. stock futures were pointing higher early Wednesday after the S&P 500 posted a record high close. Investors are still shrugging off worries that keep cropping up, such as concern that tariffs will

We start week five of the Trump administration with the president having threatened five sets of wildly destructive tariffs (Colombia, China, Canada and Mexico, steel and aluminium and so-called “reciprocal”) and deferred all but one to some time in the next couple of months.

For months, investors had anticipated a surge in initial public offerings, driven by optimism over President Trump’s new administration. Corporate America and Wall Street expected a pro-business, deregulated environment that would spark a wave of deal-making and public listings.