The stock market broadly has been rising faster than corporate profits, which raises the volume on criticism from skeptics that it’s gotten too expensive. The S&P 500 is still up nearly 25% for the year so far, on top of last year’s leap of 24.2%.

U.S. stocks are drifting near their records after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates

U.S. stocks are edging lower as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continues to cool. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% in Thursday afternoon trading. The Dow Jones