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Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE The quick move higher in bond yields is sending a warning about the stock market – especially growth stocks. The benchmark 10-year Treasury has moved about 20 basis points since the start of the year (1 basis point equals 0.01%), and was at 1.13% Monday. Still […]

Stocks dropped on Monday, the first trading day of 2021, amid concerns about global coronavirus cases and the Georgia runoff elections. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 508 points lower, or 1.6%. At one point, the Dow was down more than 700 points. The S&P 500 dipped 1.78%, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 1.75%. Both […]

Stocks jumped to record highs on Monday to start the final trading week of 2020 after President Donald Trump unexpectedly signed an economic relief bill. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 211 points higher, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite also rose 0.8%. Trump signed a $900 billion Covid-19 relief […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses to trade in the green on Monday as the strength in Nike and bank shares supported the blue-chip benchmark. The 30-stock Dow last traded about 50 points higher after falling as much as 423 points. The S&P 500 shed 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5%, but […]

Representative Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, center, speaks during a news conference with the Problem Solvers Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Congress faces more pressure than ever this week to pass another coronavirus relief bill. Lawmakers’ ability […]