Text size Illustration by Mike Haddad. Investors analyzed concerns about the virus midday Thursday, taking advantage of some early gains even amid mixed data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose 0.2% in recent trade, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4%. The latest unemployment figures show that while …
Read More »Bank stocks are falling because the Federal Reserve has limited its dividends and suspended its buybacks
The Federal Reserve requires banks to resubmit their capital return plans in light of the tensions the coronavirus places on the financial system. Olivier Douliery / AFP / Getty Images Text size The banks’ shares sank in the post-market, after the Federal Reserve took a tougher-than-expected stance on payments to …
Read More »Dow Jones industrial average jumps as regulators make it easier for banks. Then they made it more difficult.
Text size What were we worried about again? The stock market is certainly not falling, because it doesn’t seem to do so terribly often these days. After falling 710 points on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 299.66 points, or 1.2%. while the S&P 500 gained 1.1% and the …
Read More »Dow is in retreat as Coronavirus Plus trades spell issues for stocks
Text size Pound for pound, there are many more tons of viral and bacterial life on earth than humans. So in a sense, it’s the coronavirus world. We are just living in it. And while investors are content to ignore that some days, on others it is more difficult to …
Read More »Another electric van is coming. This is what you need to know.
Text size Private company Lordstown Motors has entered the fray, unveiling its all-electric pickup, Endurance. Servpro, a fire and water damage restoration company, has promised to order 1,200 trucks. Courtesy photography The fully electric truck space is getting crowded. More market participants compete for a share of this lucrative segment …
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