The stock market has gone so haywire amid the coronavirus crisis that some strategists on Wall Street are giving up on forecasting what comes next. Over the past week or so, chief market strategists at BMO, Oppenheimer and Canaccord Genuity have all suspended their year-end targets on the S&P 500, blaming the unprecedented economic uncertainty that makes projecting […]
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Stocks snap 3-day win streak, Dow down 700
This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 10:47 am: Wall Street analysts upgrade stocks on hopes the market has bottomed Deutsche Bank upgraded Qualcomm to buy from hold. Bank of America downgraded JPMorgan to neutral from buy. Loop Capital upgraded Home Depot to buy from hold. JPMorgan upgraded Deere to neutral from underweight. Bank […]
Dow rises, tries to build on historic 11% surge from a day before
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Wednesday following a historic rally in the previous session in anticipation of a coronavirus stimulus deal by Congress. The White House and Senate reached an agreement overnight. The 30-stock average climbed more than 400 points, or 2%. The S&P 500 was up by about 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.3%, however. […]
Dow tanks 1,000, S&P 500 down 5%, virus cases jump
Trader Thomas Lee works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Richard Drew | AP This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 10:35 am: Walmart jumps 5%, gets an upgrade from Credit Suisse While the broader market moves lower, shares of Walmart are up more than […]
Stocks swing wildly as Wall Street struggles for direction after Dow’s third-worst day ever
Stocks swung wildly Tuesday as Wall Street struggled to to recover from its worst day in more than 30 years despite signs of potential further stimulus and progress on a possible treatment for the coronavirus. The S&P 500 was up 1.7% after briefly trading lower on the day. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.2%. It was also down earlier in […]
Coronavirus and market volatility shuts down the IPO market for potential listings like Airbnb
Investors likely won’t get their fix for newly public companies for a long time thanks to the financial turmoil caused by the spreading coronavirus. Logistics issues aside for investment bankers unable to travel, market volatility like this scares off companies who want to raise capital. The initial public offering calendar is looking sparse this year, […]
Dow plunges 1,100, worst point drop in history, will Fed act?
This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 4:01 pm: Dow ends wild day down nearly 1,200 points The Dow tanked about 1,191 points, falling into correction territory, as coronavirus fears continued to drove investors away from risk assets. The 30-stock benchmark dropped 4.4% for its worst percentage day since Feb. 2018. On the […]
Dow falls more than 100 points as market’s attempt to rebound from sell-off fails
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on Wednesday, extending its sharp weekly decline, as the 10-year Treasury yield traded at a record low amid concerns over the coronavirus spreading even further. The 30-stock Dow closed 120 points lower, or 0.5%, after being up as much as 461.42 points, or 1.7%, earlier in the session. The S&P […]
Dow plunges 1,000 points on coronavirus fears, 3.5% drop is worst in two years
Stocks fell sharply on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases outside China surged, stoking fears of a prolonged global economic slowdown from the virus spreading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1,029 points lower, or 3.55%. The S&P 500 slid 3.4% while the Nasdaq Composite closed 3.7% lower. It was the Dow’s biggest point and […]