Wall Street ends mixed as earnings lift the Dow

Wall Street ends mixed as earnings lift the Dow

By Stephen Culp

Tue October 21, 2025 4:30 PM

Upbeat Q3 reports from industrials shot the Dow right up and it stayed up the whole day, but disappointment from chip companies generated a lot of volatility in tech leaving the Nasdaq down and the S&P near flat. Today’s weakness is explained by today’s expert, “We’re at a little bit of a point of indecision, where nobody feels particularly strongly about anything,” thus muting the reaction to earnings. With the indexes at record highs and valuations stretched, the positive Q3 is no longer sufficient for risk taking.  

Wall St ends sharply higher as earnings optimism fuels risk appetite

Wall St ends sharply higher as earnings optimism fuels risk appetite

By Stephen Culp

Mon October 20, 2025 4:16 PM

All it took was a few more positive Q3 reports to change sentiment to seeing the big sell-off late last week over an impending credit crisis as an overreaction. More positive banking reports came in as well as a big boost from tech which shot all the indexes way up from the outset and staying there all day. This week will also include reports from Tesla, Netflix, IBM, Intel, GM and Ford along with a mix of other high profile industrial firms. More regional bank results are also coming which will hopefully ease the fear of credit stress.  

Wall Street ends higher as investors digest Trump trade comments

Wall Street ends higher as investors digest Trump trade comments

By Noel Randewich and Twesha Dikshit

Fri October 17, 2025 4:43 PM  

It was another herky-jerky day with all the indexes up and down like crazy, but at least they were all mostly in the black all day and closed well above the earlier lows which were near-flat up until about 2 pm when suddenly everything shot up.  There were a couple of triggers to the afternoon rally. First, Trump backed off a little on his China rhetoric in regards to the 100% tariff stating that these would not be sustainable or, in other words, if they happen at all it’ll be very short term. Then there were more Q3 from more regional banks that were not nearly as disappointing as yesterday’s, leading analysts to conclude that there was no serious credit crisis looming or, as one expert put it, “There’s a lot more bark than bite on the credit fears.”  

Wall Street ends down; Zions sparks worries about regional banks

Wall Street ends down; Zions sparks worries about regional banks

By Noel Randewich

Thu October 16, 2025 6:25 PM  

It was another very jagged day but mostly on a downward trajectory as all three indexes went south in a substantial way. Whereas the first two days of Q3 reporting showed the banks and the subsequent economy doing well, that all changed on Day #3 with weak reports from regional banks triggering fears that the resilience may not be there after all, highlighting possible problems in the credit markets. Even AI took a dip today.  

S&P 500 ends higher after strong bank earnings, chip stocks rally

S&P 500 ends higher after strong bank earnings, chip stocks rally

By Noel Randewich

Wed October 15, 2025 7:06 PM  

Volatility was certainly the order of the day with the indexes way up in the morning, the Dow up over 330, only to start a dive around 10 a.m. that continued into a 240 point loss into the red by 1 pm only to bounce back again to break-even a mere hour later and then close basically flat. It’s the continuing tug-of-war between Q3 reporting which so far from the banks has been very positive, and the trade conflict with China.  

Wall Street ends mixed; banks rally on upbeat results

Wall Street ends mixed; banks rally on upbeat results

By Noel Randewich

Tue October 14, 2025 4:28 PM

 

Even though all the indexes started in the red and stayed there most of the morning, at least there was a solid upward trajectory right away that led at least the Dow to an over 400 point gain by 2 pm. Then this afternoon Trump announced not only were the Chinese tariffs back on the table but he was considering ending some trade ties with China altogether, one item being cooking oil.  

Wall Street ends sharply higher on Trump China comments; Broadcom surges

Wall Street ends sharply higher on Trump China comments; Broadcom surges

By Sukriti Gupta and Noel Randewich

Mon October 13, 2025 5:07 PM

The gains today were huge following Friday’s carnage in which Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on China. But today he announced that he was going to South Korea to meet with the Chinese leader to try and iron out differences and that’s all it took for the market to come back big time. Of course the real proof will be in the pudding. Will there be a new agreement after this meeting?