A newly public company backed by President Donald Trump’s sons is aiming to join the defense stock boom.

President Trump's assurances that a rising U.S. death toll and soaring energy prices will be temporary and worth the pain are failing to assuage jittery investors.

Major stock indexes erased sharp declines and closed higher Monday as President Donald Trump told CBS News that "the war is very complete, pretty much." The price of oil fell.

President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Israel war on Iran is "very complete," leading U.S. stocks to rebound and oil prices to fall, while the Pentagon made public the name of the seventh U.S. soldier to die in the conflict and President Donald Trump spoke to Russian leader Vladimir Putin about raging conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

U.S. stock market indexes rose earlier in the day after an initial report that President Donald Trump said he believe the Iran war was largely finished.

The major U.S. stock-market indexes all ended the day moderately higher after President Donald Trump told a CBS reporter that the conflict in Iran may be nearing an end. Stocks traded lower for most of the day,

The president's social media post on Tuesday appeared to soothe the stock market.

JPMorgan's former chief market strategist said the TACO trade isn't in play for markets as stocks tumble and oil spikes on the Iran war.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is back buying stocks again in 2026, adding to his recent purchases made in January. Here's a look at his latest buys. Markwayne Mullin Stock Transactions Mullin, who is well-known as a supporter of President Donald Trump,