Futures on Wall Street are looking to advance after China cited progress in trade talks with the US, stating that both sides will continue communicating. The Dow futures are up 30 points, S&P 500 futures are at the flat line,

"Major financial events often happen first in Japan, for example the late-1990s tech bubble bursting first in Japan," Albert Edwards wrote Thursday.

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US stocks rose on Friday, notching weekly wins across the major averages after an easing in US-China trade tensions. Investors also eyed President Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, which failed to clear a key hurdle Friday,

The boss of Wall Street’s biggest bank fears that extreme complacency crept into the market as investors shook off last month’s tariff scare. Wall Street strategists say he might be on to something.

Treasury yields have been on the rise in part because of concerns that tax cuts currently under consideration in Washington could pile trillions of more dollars onto the U.S. government’s debt. Concerns are also still brewing about how much Trump’s tariffs will push up on inflation in the United States.

After soaring in 2023 and 2024, shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) was battered throughout Q1 2025. But since the start of Q2, the largest U.S. EV-maker has seen its shares bounce back nicely. After falling by 41.