Wall Street's main indexes ended higher on Friday, with the blue-chip Dow hitting a record closing high, as investors piled into stocks after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at a near-term interest-rate cut during his Jackson Hole Symposium speech.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning.

The stock market’s record rally is showing early signs of broadening beyond Big Tech as investors rotate into lagging sectors, but strategists warn its durability hinges on earnings and Fed policy.

Short sellers, those swashbuckling investors who profit from betting against stocks and who sometimes expose corporate fraud along the way, have faced an uphill battle as stocks have generally marched higher since the end of the 2008 financial crisis.

By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Big first-day gains by recent high-profile U.S. listings have raised questions over whether Wall Street banks — wary of volatility and economic uncertainty from sweeping U.

U.S. stocks are slipping again, this time after the country’s largest retailer reported profits that came up short of Wall Street’s expectations.

Jim Cramer, the popular host of the CNBC shows "Mad Money" and "Squawk on the Street," is well-known for dropping his hot take on the trending stocks. Whether it's the manufacturing sector or the technology sector, nothing escapes his close scrutiny.