Of the popular "Trump trades" this year, one hinging on privatization of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could be particularly problematic for U.S. housing finance.

Billionaire investor George Soros's investment fund placed new bets on satellite maker AST SpaceMobile Inc., a SpaceX competitor, and on Nvidia Corp., while selling stakes in high-flying Super Micro ...

Communications-services companies rose after strong earnings from one German carrier. Deutsche Telekom raised its 2025 growth projections after posting revenue ahead of Wall Street estimates for the ...

Italian energy giant Eni said it's in exclusive talks to sell a 20% stake in its Plenitude low-carbon unit to investment firm Ares Management alternative-credit arm for up $2.28 billion. French ...

Shares of technology companies were more or less flat as the recovery rally ran out of steam. Facebook owner Meta is delaying the rollout of a flagship artificial-intelligence model, prompting ...

Shares of banks and other financial institutions rose amid hopes for continued calm in global markets. One observer said another bout of volatility is highly possible, given the uncertain situation ...

Consumer companies slipped amid lackluster economic data. Pending U.S. home sales fell 3.4% year-over-year during the four weeks ending May 11, Redfin said, their lowest level on record for this time ...

Shares of energy companies fell after claims from President Donald Trump that the U.S. and Iran are close to a nuclear deal. Such a deal would open up global markets to Iranian oil, flooding the ...

The WSJ Dollar Index is down 0.23 point or 0.24% today to 96.83 --Off 7.90% from its record close of 105.14 hit Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 --Off 6.54% from its 52-week high of 103.61 hit Friday, Jan. 10, ...

Dollar/Canadian dollar: 1.3960 Canadian dollars per dollar (0.7164 dollar per Canadian dollar) --Off 3.96% from its 52-week high of 1.4535 hit Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 --Up 3.93% from its 52-week low of ...

Dollar/Mexican peso: 19.4920 Mexican pesos per dollar (0.0513 dollar per Mexican peso) --Off 6.51% from its 52-week high of 20.8489 hit Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 --Up 17.71% from its 52-week low of ...

--Up 9.17% from its 52-week low of 1.0246 hit Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 More proof that unloved investment areas can be fertile hunting grounds. Watching tariff exposure, big-ticket project trends, and ...