Thursday was a bizarre day in the stock market. Investors are still scratching their heads over what caused a sudden and dramatic reversal around midday after a morning of solid gains, but there might be some clues in the latest bout of bitcoin selling. The Dow was up as much as 700 points in Thursday’s…
More swings hit Wall Street on Friday, except the U.S. stock market finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down through the morning, the S&P 500 took off and rallied nearly 2% before finishing with a gain of 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 493 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose…
If you blinked you may have missed this, but the stock of Beyond Meat, the purveyor of meatless burger patties, had a spectacular run a few days ago. The stock had surged by more than 1,400% in the four days through Oct. 22, when shares hit an intraday peak of $7.69, up from a low…
“For more than 150 years, every President has dreamt about having a Ballroom at the White House,” wrote no one ever until Donald J. Trump posted the proclamation on his Truth Social platform Monday. The president’s plans to build the kind of venue that most Americans associate with Disney princesses, Von Trapp family soirees and…
Stocks and the price of gold fell Wednesday, as momentum on Wall Street reverses. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index sank 0.5%, though it’s still within 1% of its all-time high set this month. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 334 points, or 0.7%, from its record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite…