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• Cramer: This trade-led rally makes sense—just look at the retail sector

  7:11 PM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  Jim Cramer unpacks the market's response to the U.S.-China trade truce that sent the major averages higher on Monday.

• Dollar scales 5-month peak as US-China trade tensions ebb

  3:47 PM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  The dollar edged up against the yen on Monday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. trade war with China is "on hold."

• The Fed is an open book, but foreign trade and security are the wild cards

  1:14 AM ET Mon, 21 May 2018

  America's strengthening domestic demand will push trade deficits to new highs ahead. That will aggravate trade disputes with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China — that account for 75 percent of the U.S. trade gap, Michael Ivanovitch writes.

• Why growth may be the Fed’s Achilles' heel on its path to higher rates

  5:20 PM ET Sat, 19 May 2018

  The Federal Reserve is all but set to raise interest rates in June. Beyond that, the central bank's options are limited by one critical factor, according to one market watcher.

• US-China trade talks may hold the key to whether stocks finish the week higher

  7:33 AM ET Fri, 18 May 2018

  The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have a chance to erase small weekly declines. The small-cap Russell 2000 looks for three record highs in a row.

• China says it hasn't offered to cut its trade surplus with the US by $200 billion

  10:30 AM ET Fri, 18 May 2018

  A ministry spokesman said that the claims were not true while speaking at a daily news briefing about the ongoing trade talks between the world's two largest economies, according to Reuters.

• Cramer fears Fed raising rates too quickly will halt a 'red hot' economy

  6:46 PM ET Thu, 17 May 2018

  Jim Cramer worries the Fed could raise rates fast than expected after the release of U.S. jobless claims data on Thursday.

• Trade may be causing jitters but something else is a greater risk to market: JP Morgan

  2:54 PM ET Thu, 17 May 2018

  For investors who have become accustomed to low interest rates and excess liquidity, the tide really is beginning to change, says J.P. Morgan's David Lebovitz.

• Gold flat after hitting 2018 low as dollar, Treasuries firm

  3:56 PM ET Thu, 17 May 2018

  Gold slid back towards its low for the year on Thursday as another rise in U.S. bond yields and concerns over political risk in Italy held the dollar index near its 2018 peak.

• Dollar index at five-month high as euro slips on Italian woes

  3:36 PM ET Wed, 16 May 2018

  The dollar extended its rally against a basket of currencies on Wednesday to touch a five-month high.

• US manufacturing output rises, while past months were revised lower

  9:28 AM ET Wed, 16 May 2018

  U.S. industrial production was forecast to rise 0.6 percent in April, up marginally from the prior month's 0.5 percent increase.

• At top of the Fed, a dispute on policy picks up steam

  7:27 AM ET Wed, 16 May 2018

  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's top deputies are edging toward a clash that could shape the pace of interest-rate hikes in coming months.

• Solid economy may not stay that way, says financial advisor. Here's how to protect your portfolio

  6:41 AM ET Wed, 16 May 2018

  Market sell-offs are an opportunity to insulate investor portfolios with stocks "resilient" to a recession, says one financial advisor.

• Fed's Kaplan sees US inflation rising but not 'running away'

  12:26 PM ET Tue, 15 May 2018

  Inflation is nearing the Fed's 2 percent goal while not accelerating enough to suggest the economy is overheating, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said.

• Wall Street continues to post upbeat numbers as May hits halfway point

  7:13 AM ET Tue, 15 May 2018

  The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 currently have their best May gains since 2009, the Nasdaq since 2005.

• Gold hits fresh 2018 low as rising yields lift dollar

  3:10 PM ET Tue, 15 May 2018

  Gold headed for a third straight day of losses as a rise in U.S. borrowing costs supported the dollar and overshadowed the impact of strife in Gaza.