Swiss stocks dropped as the market reopened after a holiday, on worries about the impact from US President Donald Trump’s punitive 39% export tariff and a push for drugmakers to lower prices. The Swiss Market Index fell as much as 1.9% Monday, although it pared declines to 0.88% as of 10:15 a.m. in Zurich on…
Investors looking to protect against a pullback with stocks at peaks are venturing beyond plain-vanilla options. The steady grind higher in the S&P 500 Index has pushed most gauges of implied and realized volatility to the lowest levels in months — in some cases years. The collapse in volatility after the April tariff shock has…
The meme-stock revival looks like it might stretch into another day with GoPro Inc., Krispy Kreme Inc. and Beyond Meat Inc. all surging in early trading before paring some of those gains. Wearable camera maker GoPro soared as much as 73%, before paring gains to 22%, doughnut maker Krispy Kreme was up 5.9% and Beyond…