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The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is often seen as a benchmark for strong businesses, but that doesn’t mean every stock is worth owning. Some companies face significant challenges, whether it’s stagnating growth, heavy debt, or disruptive new competitors.

The Russell 2000 (^RUT) is packed with potential breakout stocks, thanks to its focus on smaller companies with high growth potential. However, smaller size also means these businesses often lack the resilience and financial flexibility of large-cap firms, making careful selection crucial.

Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on. But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.

President Trump’s rhetoric on trade and the Fed continued to drive market sentiment

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles real estate agent Scott Price got a call that’s only happened once before in his two-decade-long career: his buyer was backing out – just two days before closing.

Michael Montgomery used to check the balance on his retirement account once a week and smile. “I’m not looking,” says the 66-year-old professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan. As the White House simultaneously injects turmoil into financial markets with its trade war and dismisses fears of a downturn, retired and near-retired Americans are anxiously looking on, worried about outliving their savings or having to put off entries on their bucket lists.

Credit spreads have widened, but so far, only to their five-year historical average levels, not nearly to the wides seen during the pandemic period and after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Gordon Kerr writes.View on euronews