President Donald Trump Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump may be livid about this week’s market sell-off, but the rally in U.S. equities since his election is still well intact. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 47.7% since Trump’s election through Tuesday’s close, which brought the index’s week-to-date point loss to more than
MartinPrescott When market volatility is high, financial advisors often suggest investors review — and possibly re-balance — their portfolios rather than make an emotional or impulsive move. Yet as the stock market plunged at the beginning of this week, trading activity in 401(k) plans skyrocketed. And, data show that many investors moved money out of
When most 15-year-olds are out at the movies, playing video games or listening to music, Mikaila Ulmer of Austin is focusing on building her empire. Mikaila is the CEO of Me & the Bees Lemonade, a business she started at age 4 after her family encouraged her to enter a local youth business competition. While
The man sitting in a Starbucks in Toronto. Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images Starbucks is joining the Beyond Meat wave as it adds the plant-based meat to its menus across Canada. The Seattle-based coffee chain said it will add a sandwich with Beyond Meat’s sausage, egg and cheddar cheese to its Canadian
People walk outside a Lowe’s store in East Peoria, Ill. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s shares fell Wednesday after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter results, with sales weaker than expected, and provided a disappointing forecast. Shares were down more than 3% in premarket trading. Here’s what Lowe’s reported compared with what Wall
The coronavirus outbreak is sparking extreme demand for market protection, according to XFA’s Bill Looney. Looney, who runs the firm’s global business development, finds options traders are placing call strikes on the Cboe Volatility Index at a fever pitch as new virus cases surge. “The VIX alone trades forward implied volatility. So, when you buy deep out-of-the money
Virgin Galactic co-founder Sir Richard Branson, CEO George Whitesides and Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya pose together outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of Virgin Galactic (SPCE) trading in New York, U.S., October 28, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya thinks the recent rally by Wall Street’s favorite
Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Francis Galvin Steven Senne | AP Massachusetts investors are slated to get an extra dose of regulatory protection. But not everyone agrees that’s a good thing. Last week, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin put the finishing touches on a new fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and broker-dealer agents operating
Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse look on before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), November 27, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Bob Iger is stepping down as CEO. The media mogul, who has been at the helm of
Shares of Mastercard fell on Monday after the credit card company issued a warning that the fast-spreading coronavirus could hurt its revenue this year. “Cross-border travel, and to a lesser extent cross-border e-commerce growth, is being impacted by the Coronavirus,” the company said in a statement on Monday after the bell. The company said its