In 2025, this stock market trio delivered an encore performance following the first year of Trump's second, non-consecutive term. When the curtain closed on Dec. 31, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite had climbed 13%, 16%, and 20%, respectively, with all three notching several record-closing highs throughout the year.

The Trump administration took the historic step of directly investing U.S. government funds into four publicly traded companies in 2025 to advance national security interests in critical sectors like semiconductors and minerals.

President Donald Trump wants to juice the economy with dramatically lower interest rates, to take credit for a booming stock market and, perhaps most of all, for his handpicked Fed chair to get off the stage.

Warren Buffett's contrarian strategy says investors should be cautious because bullish sentiment and stock market valuations are high by historical standards.

Desmond Lachman warns that Trump could be "setting himself up for electoral disappointment" with his brags about U.S. equities.

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Several historical headwinds are mounting for Trump's second year in office -- and it's worrisome news for Wall Street.