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Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, a quick glance at the stock market offers a reassuring picture: The S&P 500 just closed above 6,300 points for the first time ever and has notched eight record highs in the past month.

Wall Street's biggest bull sees tech and AI driving an 11% stock gain, fueled by strong fundamentals, M&A activity, and consumer spending through 2025.

Meet the Newest Growth Stock Joining the S&P 500. It's Up 80% in 3 Months, and It's Still a Buy Right Now, According to Wall Street.

Stock indexes built on early winnings in afternoon action and finished on a high note Wednesday amid news of a U.S.-Japan trade deal and progress in talks with the European Union. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence chip behemoth NvidiaNVDA rose on the stock market today ahead of two earnings reports from Magnificent Seven companies.

General Motors and other U.S. companies give updates on how much President Trump’s tariffs are impacting them.

Several Wall Street investment banks and research organizations have recently lifted their year-end targets for the S&P 500. Bank of America and Goldman Sachs upwardly revised their outlooks in July, following Barclay, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank, all of which raised their outlooks in June.

KSS stock went absolutely vertical on Tuesday, surging 62% in a single session, a move that surprised even seasoned market watchers. The rally wasn’t driven by any single headline but rather a mix of growing optimism,

Arm shares rose Monday as analysts at Wells Fargo raised their price target for the chip designer’s stock ahead of its quarterly earnings due next week.

Wall Street Is Cautious About the Market Rally. What Will Really Drive Stocks Now. Wall Street is still treating the current stock market rally with caution, even after a near 30% or trough-to-peak surge for the S&P 500 over the past three months, as tariff and interest-rate uncertainty linger into the start of the second-quarter earnings season.

Despite claims to the contrary, Wall Street isn't worried about a market crash. That's why we should be worried. Mark Hulbert is a regular contributor to MarketWatch.