The stock market began 2025 with a loss for the week. The S&P 500 dropped 0.8% for the four-day trading week, closing three of those days in red, extending a selloff seen since December last year. Investors appeared to have entered the new year with cautious footing,

Dan Ives believes Apple and Microsoft will be $4 trillion companies by the end of 2025. Apple CEO Tim Cook believes Apple Intelligence will usher in a new era for the iPhone. Microsoft's AI business is on track to generate $10 billion in revenue next quarter.

Asian markets rose on Friday after U.S. stock indexes slipped as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Japan's market is closed for the New Year holiday.

A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

Investors head into the new year believing the economy on a firm footing. That wasn’t the case at the start of 2024, when even the most bullish analysts underestimated the strength of the market.

The Dow ended more than 400 points lower on Monday, clawing back some of the deepest losses from earlier in the day.

The S&P 500 may be heading for its first gain since Christmas. The main gauge of Wall Street’s health rose 0.6% Friday and was on track to break a five-day