Five things to know ahead of today's opening bell. President Trump threatening the pharmaceutical industry with 100% tariffs unless drug companies manufacture or at least start to build manufacturing plants in the United States. The president also saying that he plans to slap a 25% tariff on imported heavy trucks starting October 1st.Separately, President Trump said yesterday he hopes to take some of the money raised by his tariffs and give it to US farmers. Retaliation to President Trump's tariffs have red ...

Five things to know ahead of today's opening bill. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer now urging President Trump to meet with Democrats as a government shutdown draws closer. On Friday, the Senate voted to block dueling Republican and Democratic proposals to keep the government funded on a short-term basis.Now, funding expires at the end of the month. And the parent company of Saxith Avenue now reportedly in talks to sell 49% of Burgdorf Goodman for about $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal reporting th ...

I'm sticking with the e-commerce and cloud leader as my top investment.I invested in Amazon (AMZN -0.87%) in early 2016. I only trimmed my position once over the following nine years, and those remaining shares now account for 9.1% of my portfolio. It's now my largest holding with an unrealized gain of about 560%.With the uncertainty about tariffs, interest rates, and other macro headwinds rattling the markets, it might seem like the right time to sell a few more shares. However, I'm still not planning to p ...