#Dow, Nasdaq slide on fears of prolonged inflation

#Dow, Nasdaq slide on fears of prolonged inflation

“Dow, Nasdaq slide on fears of prolonged inflation” Stocks ended a whipsaw session lower as worries that inflation, while it might have peaked, will remain at elevated levels and could provoke increasingly aggressive policy tightening from the Federal Reserve. The Dow plunged more than 500 points in late afternoon trading before recovering as all three…

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#Dow falls 500 points as jobs report fuels rate-hike worries

#Dow falls 500 points as jobs report fuels rate-hike worries

“Dow falls 500 points as jobs report fuels rate-hike worries” Another selloff hit Wall Street on Friday as robust US jobs numbers stoked investor fears that the Federal Reserve will impose bigger rate hikes in the coming months to tame surging inflation. The latest jobs report indicated that employers added 428,000 people to their payrolls…

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#Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence

#Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence

“Market panic because of Biden and Powell’s inflation incoherence” Fed chairs have historically been inscrutable when talking in public, leaning on something called “Fedspeak.” By talking in riddles, financial markets don’t overreact to your every word. But speaking in riddles is different than acting in riddles. And that’s exactly what the Biden administration and Fed…

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#Stocks tank as Amazon, Apple reports worry investors

#Stocks tank as Amazon, Apple reports worry investors

“Stocks tank as Amazon, Apple reports worry investors” US stocks tumbled Friday to cap a week of volatile trading as investors reacted to downbeat earnings reports from blue-chip tech firms and worrisome economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 939.18 points, or 2.77%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index fell 536.89 points, or 4.17%, and the…

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#Dow jumps over 600 points on rebound in tech stocks

#Dow jumps over 600 points on rebound in tech stocks

“Dow jumps over 600 points on rebound in tech stocks” Stocks rallied on Wall Street Thursday as technology companies clawed back some of the ground they had lost recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 614 points, or 1.85%, to 33,916.39, and the Nasdaq climbed 3%, or 382.60, to 12,871.53. The S&P 500 rose 2.5%….

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