Birds of a feather Several Wall Street analysts have similar ideas about how the S&P 500 will fare this year. The consensus is that investors can look forward to another year of solid returns, albeit not at the same level enjoyed over the past two years.

U.S. stocks are recoiling on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high.

U.S. stock futures remained relatively unchanged on Tuesday night, as investors digested a range of economic developments and corporate earnings. S&P 500 futures traded around the flatline, while Nasdaq 100 futures posted a modest gain of about 0.

Asian stocks largely lower on Thursday after U.S. stocks had a volatile trading session and ended mixed. Equities slumped after economic reports on labor market and services sector. Chinese shares were mixed.