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What are carry trades and how did they contribute to this week’s global market mayhem?

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Aug 06, 2024 3:54 pm - BANGKOK — The mayhem that swept across world markets this week was partly caused by a market strategy known as the “carry trade.” Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged 12...
A ‘Textbook Turnaround Tuesday’ doesn’t mean meltdown is over

By Richard Henderson
Aug 06, 2024 7:53 am - It’s an old cliché but the phenomenon known as Turnaround Tuesday — when markets rebound from a sell-off at the start of the week — is an opportunity that shows up time a...
Calm returns to Wall Street, and stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years

By STAN CHOE
Aug 06, 2024 3:53 pm - Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years. The S&P 500 rose 1% Tuesday to break a brutal three-day losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite added 1%.
Dow drops 1,000 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake worldwide

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Aug 05, 2024 8:32 pm - Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.
Dow drops 775 on weak jobs data as a global sell-off whips back to Wall Street

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT
Aug 02, 2024 2:50 pm - Stocks are tumbling Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation. The S&P 500 was sinking by 2.1% ...
The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 27, 2024 2:52 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have...
Dow Average makes history to hit the 40,000 mark

By Rita Nazareth and Jessica Menton
May 16, 2024 12:02 pm - The stock market headed toward fresh all-time highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting the historic 40,000 mark to extend an advance that’s been fueled by bet...
McDonald’s plans to step up deals, marketing to combat slower fast food traffic

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Apr 30, 2024 3:09 pm - McDonald's plans to step up deals and value messaging to combat slowing sales. The Chicago burger giant said inflation-weary customers are eating out less often in many b...
Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions

By BERNARD CONDON
Apr 26, 2024 9:37 am - NEW YORK — Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens...
Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

By KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Mar 28, 2024 11:16 am - NEW YORK — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the...

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