Barry Bannister is one of Wall Street's biggest bears, even as stocks barrel to fresh records on a wave of bullishness for AI and stable economic growth.

The stock market opened higher on Friday, a day after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit fresh record high closes. The S&P 500 (SP500) +0.1%, the Dow (DJI) +0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) was flat.

Besides Wall Street, Arista Networks is growing increasingly popular with customers. The company's industry-leading switches are in high demand as data centers look to shore up their computing infrastructure to support AI computing. And demand for the company's networking solutions seems unlikely to taper off anytime soon.

Just because you missed out on the huge rally in the S&P 500 since April 8 doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad time to put money to work.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record highs this week, with investors appearing to brush off any uncertainty stemming from tariff talk and the conflict in the Middle East.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its records on Thursday, though the calm surface of the U.S. stock market is hiding some roiling moves underneath. Alphabet is rising, and Tesla is tumbling following a jumble of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

US stocks held steady after President Trump visited the Federal Reserve and Wall Street digested the latest batch of corporate earnings.