After a volatile Monday on Wall Street, stock futures improved in after-hours trading, offering a break after a day of intense whiplash. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq-100 futures each rose more than 1%, recovering from previous chaos sparked by reinvigorated U.S.-China trade tensions.

The U.S. Dollar Index declined 0.25% to 103.24, USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 147.18, and USD/AUD gained 0.08% to 1.6551. Gold traded higher by 1.59% at $3,020.79, Silver was up 1.90% to $30.165, and Copper rose 2.41% to $4.2860. With stocks plunging, steady income is key.

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If you can stomach it, the time to go bargain hunting is when most other investors are panic-selling.

Regardless of your opinion on President Trump's steep tariffs, one thing is indisputable: They've rattled the stock market. The Nasdaq Composite ( NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC ) is now in a bear market. The S&P 500 ( SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) is in correction.With the markets tumbling as Trump's tariffs take ...

ASML, TSMC, and Supermicro could be worth buying as the market swoons.

Stock market sell-offs can be challenging for investors. Market volatility can make it tough to make new investments and keep the ones you already have due to the fear that they could lose value. However, I see sell-offs as opportunities to buy high-quality companies at lower valuations.

Palantir Technologies ( NASDAQ: PLTR ) has been one of the hottest artificial intelligence ( AI ) stocks over the past two years, but even it has been caught up in the recent tariff-fueled market sell-off. After a hot start to 2025, the stock is trading down 40% from its all-time highs, but only ...

The S&P 500 ( SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) has plunged by as much as 20% since hitting a record high just two months ago. President Donald Trump enacted sweeping tariffs on all of America's trading partners last week, and many countries responded with plans for retaliatory tariffs of their own, which is ...

Lululemon's ( NASDAQ: LULU ) year-over-year results are slowing down a bit, and conservative guidance based on slower spending expectations for the consumer make the pullback in the stock seem justified. Lululemon has been a gem at times for investors, but the uncertainty over the market now ...