Some investor enthusiasm faded for the latest meme stock rally on Wednesday, with shares in heavily shorted Krispy Kreme and GoPro coming off earlier highs, a day after retail investors had piled into the shares of department store company Kohl's.

Stocks have hit a “line of death” last reached during the peak of the dot-com bubble, according to Bill Smead, Smead Capital Management CIO.

Individual investors are flocking to social media to cheer on a new group of oddball stocks and squeeze the short sellers; ‘Let’s goo!!’ says Hot-Ticket9440.

Signs of stock-market complacency are emerging as the searing equities rally coincides with an acceleration in earnings downgrades, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. quantitative strategists.

JPMorgan said the speed at which some stocks have become overcrowded is the fastest in 30 years. It flagged retail favorites like Palantir and Coinbase.

A weaker dollar, the global AI race and plans for ramped-up government spending abroad are all reasons why global equities can shine in the months and years ahead.

US stocks will shrug off tariff risks to get a boost from the second-quarter earnings season, the latest Markets Pulse survey showed.

Tesla and Alphabet report quarterly earnings after the closing bell Wednesday, while Texas Instruments tumbles after issuing a disappointing profit forecast.

In tandem with a presidential speech on Wednesday, the Trump administration is set to roll out its “AI Action Plan,” and new executive orders on AI are expected.