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…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters U.S. equity futures rose on Sunday evening as Wall Street prepared for an especially busy week that’ll bring earnings from several major tech companies, a key Federal Reserve meeting, President Donald…
South Korean stocks, already this year’s best performers among the world’s major markets, are becoming a magnet for foreign investors as bold regulatory reforms to lift valuations and empower minority shareholders gain traction. Just this month, policymakers voted in favor of pivotal law changes to make board members legally accountable to all shareholders. They are…
(Bloomberg) — It was once a symbol of rebellion against the well-heeled Wall Street establishment. Today, it’s just another day in markets. Most Read from Bloomberg This week proved the point. Opendoor surged 43% in a single day. Krispy Kreme rallied 39% in a matter of hours. GoPro briefly spiked 73%. Reddit message boards lit…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s a new day, and meme traders have found more stocks to put on the pedestal. Reddit-obsessed retail traders targeted wearable camera firm GoPro and doughnut…
Opendoor Technologies, a penny stock last week, attracted sudden interest among Reddit-obsessed retail traders, who pushed up the stock price by threefold in days. The online real estate startup saw shares popping more than 14% Tuesday before turning negative, after a red-hot run powered by retail traders chasing meme stocks. It had surged more than…
Warren Buffett and the media by the BNSF Railway display at the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder’s Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 6, 2017. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Warren Buffett on Tuesday knocked down reports that Berkshire Hathaway-owned railroad BNSF was working with Goldman Sachs on a takeover of a rival. The 94-year-old billionaire investor…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has shared an interesting anecdote from late 1999. Dimon revealed that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered him a job at Amazon and he nearly left Wall Street behind to take it. However, ultimately Dimon decided to not accept the offer, citing the significant personal and professional shift it would have…
Global markets today: Asian markets showed a mixed trend on Monday, with investors closely monitoring the People’s Bank of China’s upcoming decision on the 1-year and 5-year loan prime rates for July, along with recent trade-related developments. South Korea’s markets opened on a positive note, with the Kospi index rising 0.45 per cent, while the…
(Bloomberg) — The conventional wisdom on Wall Street appears to be that the US stock market’s latest march to records has been unabated because, when it comes to tariff threats, President Donald Trump talks loudly but carries a small stick. Most Read from Bloomberg Yet, regardless of what the levies on imports from remaining trading…