Stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffering its worst one-day loss since the throes of the pandemic, as the latest raft of corporate earnings and the prospect of rising rates spurred a wave of selling......
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite fell Thursday, capping a losing week as investors digested mixed earnings results from major banks and rising inflation. The broad-market index fell 1.21% to 4,392.59, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 2.14%......
All eyes were on the inverted yield curve Monday and continued so for the week. Elon Musk revealed a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him its largest shareholder......
Analysts debated various shifts in the yield curve. Transportation stocks flashed green; Apple and Amazon.com shares went positive; Tesla and GameStop said they would seek stock splits; meme stocks and Bitcoin rallied. Indexes rose on news......
Investors got surprised by, of all people, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell when he said he was prepared to go with a half-point raise if necessary. Stocks plunged, then bounced. Bonds sold off, and the yield curve flattened......
Stocks climbed on Friday as the major averages notched their best week in more than a year. On the week, the Dow industrials rose a big 5.5%, to 34,754.93; the S&P 500 soared 6.2%, to 4463.12; and the battered Nasdaq Composite sailed 8.2%......
Markets remain hostage to the Russia/Ukraine talks, where there has been no progress again this week. Oil breached $130 a barrel, gold broke $2,000 an ounce, and the dollar rose. The Nasdaq slipped into a bear market......
Geopolitical worries are clouding the outlook for U.S. stocks, even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moderates expectations for how aggressively the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy in coming months......
Stocks climbed Friday to close out a volatile week of trading, as the markets continued to assess the financial risks stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine......
Ukraine hung over stocks, as oil neared $100 a barrel. Stocks were volatile, falling on Monday as tensions mounted, then rising on hints of a de-escalation, then falling as attack warnings resurfaced. Earnings were strong despite inflation......
