Prepare for the 'year of tariffs' in 2025. Learn how escalating trade barriers and negotiations could impact markets and your investment strategies.

GoBankingRates tapped the expertise of stock market and finance experts to provide insight -- here is what they said.

Here’s a puzzle that’s been bothering me: how can we be seeing substantial tariff revenues, and flattish inflation, and a stronger-than-expected economy, all at the same time?  In other words, if U.S.

The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.

All told, the S&P 500 rose 8.81 points to 6,268.56. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 88.14 to 44,459.65, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 54.80 to 20,640.33 to top its last all-time high set on Thursday.

ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) stock was dropping on Wednesday, down about 8%, despite having a pretty solid quarter. It wasn’t so much the past results that were of concern, rather it was the clouded 2026 outlook.

The company faces a key hurdle when Amazon reports its second-quarter results, which are expected to be released on July 31. Given the competing economic forces at play, should investors buy Amazon stock ahead of this key financial report or wait until the results have been made public? Let's take a look to see what the evidence suggests.

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup are among heavyweights reporting second-quarter results today. Profits for S&P 500 companies in the second quarter are expected to rise 5.8%, according to LSEG data, down from a forecast of 10.2% on April 1, before U.S. President Donald Trump launched his trade war.