Tag: stock market
The Trump Administration is looking for ways to pressure China to change its trade practices, but how about not hurting the U.S. along the way? The latest shoot-self-in-foot moment came Friday when word leaked that…
Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he hereby ordered U.S. companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China. He also said he would respond to Beijings latest tariff increase later…
Stocks moved broadly higher Friday afternoon on Wall Street after a better-than-expected report on U.S. jobs eased worries that the economy is slowing too sharply. Health care, energy and technology stocks accounted for much of…
For much of the Trump administrations first two years, Republican investors could take refuge in the stock market. Sure, the administration was a mess and deeply compromised. But markets were rising. The economy was strong.…
WASHINGTON One day the Dow Jones industrial average drops 500 points, then it shoots up 600 points and a few days later it plummets 800 points 799 to be exact Tuesday. What in…
With another 2 percent or so decline on Tuesday, U.S. stock indices have given up their gains for the year. The rout that started in tech stocks has moved to oil shares amid worries about…
CHICAGO (AP) The recent turbulence in the U.S. stock markets is spooking some older workers and retirees, a group that was hit particularly hard during the most recent financial crisis. Theres no indication, though,…
NEW YORK (AP) Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the market. If youre an investor who was lulled to sleep by the stock markets calm, steady gains this summer,…
