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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Investors can’t control tariffs, but they do have a say about the fees they pay

All the big swings on Wall Street show again how little investors control. When it comes to tariffs, inflation or how much profit Big Tech companies make, investors have very little sway.

An airplane passes a nearly full moon as it makes its approach to Philadelphia International Airport, Sept. 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Wall Street expects airlines to see sustained demand for travel this year

A man walks through a street affected by floods in Valencia, Spain, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

US economic losses from natural disasters soared in 2024, even as they eased globally

Tesla Cybertrucks are displayed at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show, Nov. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policies clouds 2025 forecast for carmakers

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Tariff threats cast a shadow over US reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports

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Economists’ 2025 housing market forecasts largely call for mortgage rates to stay above 6% next year

FILE - This July 15, 2013, file photo, shows a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Wall Street eyes M&A revival if new Trump administration ushers in lower rates, looser scrutiny

FILE - A home for sale in Sudbury, Mass., is shown on Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Rental home investors poised to benefit as mortgage rates, high home prices sideline buyers in 2025

FILE - Fast food restaurant signs line Peach Street in Erie, Pa., Aug. 26, 2014. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP, File)

Restaurants, other services still in grip of high inflation even as overall rate slows

Summer pullback in mortgage rates helped pave way for lower down payments for many homebuyers

FILE - Pedestrians walk past 666 Fifth Avenue, June 20, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Switching jobs? There’s more to do with your 401(k) than just rolling it over

FILE - A sign announcing a house for sale is displayed in Prospect Heights, Ill., on March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Home listings climb in nation’s priciest markets as locked-up inventory starts to shift

Rally over? Homebuilder stocks’ big gains may have already priced in Fed rate cut

FILE - The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington is shown June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Freshly squeezed: Savers already feeling the pain ahead of likely start to Fed rate cuts

FILE - Workers prepare a gravesite, lower left, April 1, 2020, at Calvary Cemetery in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Funeral business’ slow but inevitable march attracts investors to these stocks

FILE - Signs at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway streets in New York, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

Wall Street rally helped boost gains for 401(k) plan savers in the first half of 2024

A sign for a Nvidia office building is shown in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Wall Street’s next big test is looming with Nvidia’s profit report

FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in New York. In June the market suffered it's worst one-day drop since early 2023 and professional investors warn shakier times may be ahead given uncertainty about how quickly the Fed will cut interest rates and other big questions. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Buckle up: Wall Street’s shaky July could be a preview for more sharp swings

FILE - Utility polls wait for repair after being damaged by Hurricane Beryl in Houston, July 10, 2024. Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are growing more frequent and intense, and insurers are jacking up rates in response. (AP Photo/Maria Lysaker, File)

Insurers hike rates as extreme storms like Beryl proliferate, bringing forecasts for fatter profits

FILE - Travelers line up for security clearance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, June 28, 2024, in Atlanta. Travel activity is expected to heat up to record levels around the Independence Day holiday as consumers take advantage of cooler prices for airfares, gasoline and hotels. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Wave of summer travel expected over July Fourth holiday as hot inflation loosens grip

FILE - Workers toil on new homes in a housing development Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Loveland, Colo. After showing signs of strengthening early this year, sales of new U.S. homes fell in April and May from a year earlier by 7.7% and 16.5%, respectively. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Market for newly built homes slows as elevated mortgage rates put off many home shoppers

FILE - President Jose Biden appears on a screen as trader Mark Puetzer works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 29, 2021. From Mexico to France to India, investors have been getting bitter reminders recently that elections have consequences for financial markets. More opportunities for such volatility are on the way, with elections set for the United Kingdom in July and the United States in November, among other major nations. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Stock markets buckle from Paris to Mumbai under stress of election results: Will the US be next?

FILE - FanDuel, DraftKings and other online gambling apps are displayed on a phone in San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2022. Online sports gambling apps are facing tax hikes in some states this year. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

States bet on boosting taxes for online sports betting companies like DraftKings, FanDuel

FILE - A pedestrian walks past an empty business available for lease, Oct. 12, 2020, in downtown Surfside, Fla. Stocks in companies that own apartment buildings are holding up better than most other real estate investment trusts, as a tough U.S. housing market keeps demand for rental housing healthy and tenant turnover low. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Apartment stocks topping most other REITs sectors as tough housing market spurs demand for rentals

FILE - A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento, Calif., March 3, 2022. Mortgage rates have been mostly ticking higher lately, but it’s not all bad news for home shoppers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

More homes are on the market than a year ago, but rising mortgage rates remain a hurdle for many

FILE - The Federal Reserve building on May 22, 2020, in Washington. Companies continued rewarding investors with healthy dividends in 2023 even as they tread more cautiously with returning profits through stock buybacks. Inflation has been easing, but it still remains higher than the Federal Reserve would like. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Companies shift profits into record dividends, but show more caution on stock buybacks

FILE - Dollar bills are shown in New York, Oct. 24, 2016. Well-heeled home shoppers are increasingly paying cash, helping turbo-charge price gains for the most expensive U.S. homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

That’s rich: Rise in all-cash transactions helping drive price gains for most expensive US homes

FILE = Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 20, 2024. U.S. markets are far outpacing their global counterparts in 2024, continuing a decades-long trend of strong growth compared with the rest of the world. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

U.S. stocks soar above global markets, giving investors solid path for growth

FILE - A sign announcing a home for sale is posted outside a home, Feb. 1, 2024, in Aceworth, Ga., near Atlanta. One of the reasons for the sharp run-up in home loan borrowing costs the last couple of years has been a wider-than-normal gap between long-term mortgage rates and the yield on the benchmark U.S. government bond. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Investors pushing for fatter yields on mortgage-backed securities may undercut easing mortgage rates

FILE - In a Feb. 16, 2012 photo, an existing home is seen for sale in Shaker Heights, Ohio. More homeowners eager to sell their home are lowering their initial asking price in a bid to entice prospective buyers as the spring homebuying season gets going. Some 14.6% of U.S. homes listed for sale last month had their price lowered, according to Realtor.com. That’s up from 13.2% a year earlier, the first annual increase since May, 2023. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, file)

Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates

A bicyclist passes the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in New York. Wall Street pointed modestly lower as more retailers post results from the holiday season and ahead of appearance by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell before Congress later this week. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Wall Street’s Magnificent 7 shrinks to a Fab 4

FILE - In this March 1, 2017, photo, new home construction is underway in a housing plan in Zelienople, Pa. Housing market trends are shaping up in favor of a solid 2024 for U.S. homebuilders — as long as mortgage rates don't jump back to the highs they hit late last year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, file)

Wall Street sees a solid year ahead for homebuilders, though mortgage rates remain a wildcard