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Wall Street holds steady ahead of the Fed's decision as oil prices and bond yields ease
Wall Street is holding steady as it waits to hear from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Wednesday and was on track for just its second gain in the last eight days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 26 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.7%. Stocks got help from falling oil p...
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Online forum Reddit will join the influential and closely tracked S&P 500 index
NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit will join the S&P 500 next week, giving the wide-ranging online forum a boost in prestige and investments.
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Should Congress trade stocks? Where NC's politicians stand, and how much they trade
WRAL’s analysis of congressional ethics forms shows three of the state’s U.S. Representatives made potential six-figure profits in 2025 alone off their stock trades.
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Fact-check: Trump credits stock market for $2B increase in wealth in 2025
Asked about a financial disclosure showing a $2 billion increase in his wealth, President Donald Trump said: "Well, you know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market's going up — everybody's profiting. Do you have a 401(k)? … So we're all profiting."
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Fact-check: Trump says the 'typical' 401k has increased $30K since he returned to office
During a June 23 speech at a Mack truck plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump said, "The typical 401(k), as you know, is up almost $30,000 in … 13 months."
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US stocks jump to their best day in 2 months on hopes for a deal to get crude flowing globally again
U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. That raised hopes Thursday for a potential deal to get the global flow of oil going again. The S&P 500 jumped 1.8%, coming off a back-to-back dr...
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The Dow surges more than 1,100 points as Wall Street soars to its best day since last spring
U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring as doubt swung back to hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran. The S&P 500 leaped 2.9% Tuesday for its largest gain since May. Just a day before, worries about the war had sent the main measure of Wall Street’s health m...
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Wall Street falls to its worst drop since the Iran war as the Nasdaq sinks 10% below its record
U.S. stocks had their worst day since the war with Iran started, as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the conflict. The S&P 500 fell 1.7% Thursday. The index is back on track for a fifth straight losing week, which would be the longest such losing streak in ne...
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US stocks sink on worries about inflation as gold falls below $5,000 per ounce
U.S. stocks are sinking after a report said inflation was primed to worsen even before oil prices began spiking because of the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 668 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.1%. The losses deepened after the Fed...
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Oil surges to its highest price since 2023, and stocks drop after a weak update on the US job market
Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October. The S&P 500 dropped 1.3% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged as many as 945 points before...
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Stocks drop after oil spikes to its highest price since the summer of 2024
U.S. stocks sank after the price of oil spiked to its highest level since 2024. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly dropped more than 1,100 points before finishing with a loss of 784. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%. The losses came as financial markets arou...
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Dow drops 1,000 points after oil spikes to its highest price since the summer of 2024
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points after the price of oil spiked to its highest level since the summer of 2024 because of the war with Iran. The Dow sank 1,066 points, or 2.2%, Thursday and its steep losses accelerated through the day. The S&P 500, which is the measur...
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Dow drops 1,000 points as oil prices climb more
Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street Thursday, including a 1,000-point slump for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as oil prices rise further because of the war with Iran.
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Senate candidates spar in NC as Trump calls for banning Congressional stock trading
Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley are both millionaires, financial disclosures show. Where do they stand on congressional stock trading?
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Cooper says he’d support banning stock trades for top federal officials
Former Gov. Roy Cooper says that if elected to the U.S. Senate in 2026, he would vote in favor of banning federal officials from buying and selling individual stocks.
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Nasty news? Forget about it. The markets say all is well.
The markets in recent weeks had largely shrugged off the turmoil. Whether stocks, in particular, will generate strong returns in this time of stress is the question -- one that no one can answer.
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US stocks rally to records on hopes for cuts to interest rates
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to records on Tuesday after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected.
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US stocks slip as Wall Street braces for an update on inflation
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights on Monday in Wall Street’s final moves before an upcoming update on inflation.
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Dow leaps 585 points as US stocks win back most of Friday's wipeout
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied on Monday and won back most of their sharp loss from last week, when worries about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs may be punishing the economy sent a shudder through Wall Street.
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US stocks rise to the brink of a record and recover nearly all their 20% springtime drop
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market ran up to the edge of another record on Thursday.
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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 6/13/2025
Oil prices leaped, and stocks slumped on worries that escalating violence following Israel's attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy.
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Stocks, dollar stumble after Trump reignites his trade war
New York (CNN) — Markets thought they had a serious debt problem. Now they have a trade war problem to worry about again.
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Dow soars around 1,100 points higher after Trump team and China dramatically lower tariffs
New York (CNN) -- US stocks surged on Monday after President Donald Trump's top trade officials brokered a surprisingly dramatic de-escalation in trade tensions with China over the weekend, dropping tariffs to much lower levels, which some economists say could stave off a US recession.
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S&P 500 on track for longest winning streak in 20 years as Trump and China show some willingness to bend on trade
US stocks rose Friday as China signaled openness to trade talks and investors digested a better-than-expected jobs report.
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Stocks rebound as US Treasury Secretary says China trade war is unsustainable
New York (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors Tuesday that the US-China trade war is unsustainable and he expects the battle to de-escalate, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN, giving a brief boost to a Wall Street rally that had taken shape this morning.
