Mar 10 Stock market sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will endure for the economy By Stan Choe, Associated Press Wall Street’s sell-off is worsening. The S&P 500 fell 2.8% Monday as worries build about how much pain President Donald Trump is willing to endure on the economy in order to get what he wants. Continue reading
Mar 04 Mexico, Canada and China retaliate as U.S. tariffs take effect By Josh Boak, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation and sending financial markets into a tailspin. Continue reading
Jan 27 Tech stocks tank as Chinese AI competitor makes its debut By Stan Choe, Associated Press The S&P 500 dropped 1.5 percent, dragged down in large part by a 16.9 percent fall for Nvidia. Other Big Tech stocks also took heavy losses. Continue reading
Jan 27 Tech stocks fall sharply after Chinese AI company announces inexpensive large language model By Stan Choe, Associated Press Stocks outside of AI-related industries held up much better, though, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down just 58 points. Continue reading
Dec 26 How the stock market defied expectations in 2024, by the numbers By Associated Press U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. Continue reading
Dec 18 Stocks fall sharply after Federal Reserve signals fewer rate cuts than expected for 2025 By Stan Choe, Associated Press Fed officials released projections on Wednesday showing the median expectation among them is for two more cuts to the federal funds rate in 2025, or half a percentage point’s worth. That’s down from the four cuts expected just three months… Continue reading
Sep 18 Wall Street ticks slightly higher ahead of presumed Fed interest rate cut By Yuri Kageyama, Matt Ott, Associated Press Wall Street ticked slightly higher as markets awaited an expected interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the first in more than four years. Continue reading
Aug 15 Wall Street rallies to one of its best days of the year By Stan Choe, Associated Press The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% for its fourth-best day of the year and its sixth straight gain as the U.S. stock market rights itself following a scary few weeks. Continue reading
Aug 06 Stocks bounce back from worst drop in nearly 2 years By Stan Choe, Associated Press Calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 4:34 The data fueling investor concerns as stocks plunge on recession fears By Amna Nawaz Global markets have plunged on fears that the world’s strongest economy, the United States, may be slowing down. U.S. Stocks also fell with all three indexes recording losses. To discuss what happened and what it means, Amna Nawaz spoke with… Continue watching