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Under Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974
One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty three days of losses. More than $6.5…
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Markets Rise on Hints of Easing Trade Tensions
Markets rose on Friday, setting the stage for their fourth straight positive day, as investors continued to look for signs of easing trade…
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Stocks Tumble in Asia as Tech Investors Pull Back
Share prices of big technology companies declined in Asia on Wednesday, dragging broader markets lower, after Nvidia, the American chip…
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Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Assess Tariff Scenarios
Stocks inched higher in early trading on Tuesday, as the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff rollout continues to spur volatility in the…
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Stocks Post Gain for the Week, but Investors Remain Anxious
Stocks on Wall Street ended a volatile week with a bounce on Friday, while government bond markets continued to signal investor worry…
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Stocks Fall as Tariff Pause Fails to Quell Wall Street’s Worries
The stock market resumed its slide on Thursday, as the White House clarified that Chinese imports would face a tariff of 145 percent,…
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Stocks Jump in Asia After Trump’s Tariff Reprieve
Following President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on dozens of countries, markets in Asia reacted predictably: Stocks soared…
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What Is a Bear Market? Are We in One?
President Trump’s global tariffs have sent stock markets worldwide into a tailspin, and the S&P 500 on Monday entered bear market…
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Stocks Are Set to Extend Sharp Fall
Stock markets pointed to a further fall this week as futures trading got underway Sunday evening, with investors and economists grappling…
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Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend. There was plenty of anger, anxiety, frustration, and fear. Anger at President Trump for…
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Investors Recoil From Trump’s Pledge to Remake the Global Economy
Investors around the globe this week sent President Trump a clear message about his new tariff policy, announced triumphantly as a…
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Stock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs
Wall Street shuddered as President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries across the globe on Wednesday, with the administration…
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Trump Says His Tariffs Will Take Effect Wednesday
President Trump has settled on a final plan for sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect on Wednesday after he…
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Stocks Sink as Trump’s Tariff Threats Weigh on Confidence
Stocks in Asia tumbled Monday as investors braced for a week of market tumult caused by an expected announcement of more tariffs by…
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Stocks Slump Ahead of Trump’s Auto Tariffs
Stocks slumped on Wednesday ahead of President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on auto imports, as investors braced for levies that could…
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Trump to Announce Tariffs on Foreign Cars
President Trump will announce auto tariffs during a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press…
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Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump’s Presidency So Far
Stocks slumped on Friday, with the S&P 500 wiping out almost all of its gains since President Trump took office last month, after a widely…
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Japan Stocks Sink as Rout in Technology Shares Spreads to Asia
A sell-off in the biggest technology companies in the United States rippled into Asia on Tuesday, with stock markets in Japan falling as…
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Stock Markets Drop as Investors Worry About DeepSeek and China’s A.I. Advances
A jolt of panic hit big technology stocks on Monday, with investors rattled by fears that advances in artificial intelligence by Chinese…
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S&P 500 Hits Record High Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns
The S&P 500 clambered back to a record high on Thursday, inching above a peak reached in early December, after a rally that began with…
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Investing in Stocks and Bonds Will Be Trickier Under Trump
Financial markets have been choppy since the November election, and for good reason. With the next presidential administration promising…
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Stocks and Bonds Fall After Strong Jobs Report Fuels Interest Rate Concerns
Stocks and bonds tumbled on Friday, as investors’ worries over the scale of government borrowing were amplified by signs of stubborn…