Deteriorating consumer sentiment is a sign that the US risks a "self-fulfilling confidence collapse," Doug Ramsey said.

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Wall Street experts share what they think will drive stock market gains for the second half of the year.

Global brokerages had raised their odds of a U.S. and global recession as tariff concerns threatened to weaken business ...

Major brokerages have lowered U.S. recession forecasts following a U.S.-China tariff truce. Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and J.P.

Major brokerages have gone back on their U.S. recession forecasts after a 90-day tariff pause between U.S. and China. The revised predictions come after both countries agreed to reduce tariffs ...

Barclays went so far as to say it no longer expects a recession at all in 2025 after a gloomy prediction following Trump’s ...

Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ:IBKR) said Tuesday that clients can now trade 24 hours a day, Sunday through Friday on prediction markets, expanding access to so-called forecast contracts across ...

Forecast Contracts are offered by ForecastEx LLC, a CFTC-regulated and wholly owned subsidiary of Interactive Brokers. They ...

Experts are also issuing warnings about the economy, with J.P. Morgan analysts predicting a 60% probability of a recession in 2025 -- up from their previous estimate of 40%. Goldman Sachs also ...