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Days ago, our eyes were turned to the stock market as we watched the bizarre GameStop saga unfold. For reasons not entirely known, a group of Reddit users successfully managed to inflate the value of GameStop stock, a previously underperforming company that had low market value. By banding together and buying into GameStop stock, they managed to surge the value…

Jaydyn Carr, a fifth-grader from San Antonio, watched the GameStop stock he received as a gift from his mother skyrocket more than 5,000%.

While the broader public may have gotten its first glimpse this week of the troubling and addictive nature of trading apps like Robinhood, gambling experts, finance watchers and even rival trading apps have long been thinking about how to address these problems, NBC News reports. “The online day trader with problems is indistinguishable from the online gambling addict,” said Keith...

Across most of America, GameStop is just a place to buy a video game

An army of smaller-pocketed, optimistic investors, largely fueled by Reddit, is throwing massive dollars and buy orders at the stock of GameStop — in direct opposition to a group of wealthy investors who are counting on the stock price to plunge.

Sharp drops in Apple, Facebook and other big technology companies ended a miserable week on Wall Street on another sour note

No, the stock market is NOT going to crash if Donald Trump loses his re-election bid and you’re not going to lose your hard saved 401K, contrary to what he’s been saying the last several months.

Stocks are recovering Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack on his decision to halt talks on another rescue effort for the economy.

Stocks are mixed in Asia despite an overnight decline on Wall Street after President Donald Trump ordered a stop to talks on another round of aid for the economy

Shares are higher in Asia after hopes for economic aid from Washington helped Wall Street recover its losses from the initial shock of learning President Donald Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus

Wall Street’s major stock indexes fell on Friday after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, but the losses ended up milder than investors braced for early in the morning

Trading has been suspended on the Tokyo Stock Exchange because of a problem in the system for relaying market information.

Stocks rallied on Wall Street Wednesday, but only after zooming up, down and back up again in a fitting end to a wild month and quarter

Stocks are mixed in Asia while upbeat manufacturing data lifted shares in China as investors studied the outcome of the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rallied and clawed back some of this month’s sharp losses ahead of a U.S. presidential election debate

U.S. stocks closed with solid gains, the latest shift in a recent stretch of turbulence for the market

Asian shares have advanced, cheered by a modest rally on Wall Street and rising hopes for fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

Asian shares have fallen as caution again sets in following a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares

Shares are mostly lower in Asia as investors keep a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the economic outlook

Global stock markets and U.S. futures tumbled Monday after Wall Street fell for a third straight week and investors were rattled by U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security and a rise in British coronavirus infections.

Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Friday, as another zig-zag week for markets ends with a third-straight weekly loss for the S&P 500

Asian shares are slightly higher despite some investor attention shifting again to the uncertainties in global economies amid the coronavirus pandemic, as reflected in the overnight fall on Wall Street

Asian stock markets have retreated after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it will keep interest rates near zero but announced no fresh stimulus plans

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after advances for big technology companies carried Wall Street to further gains overnight

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street surged on a flurry of corporate deal-making and Chinese economic activity improved

Wall Street closed out its worst week since June with another day of churning trading Friday

Asian shares are trading mixed following a selloff of technology shares on Wall Street

Asian stock markets have gained after Wall Street rebounded from a slump for tech stocks

Shares have fallen in Asia after a sell-off of big technology stocks on Wall Street

Global stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months.

Asian markets are lower after stocks fell sharply on Wall Street, as investors’ exuberance faltered after a spate of record highs

Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street turned in its biggest daily gain since July despite uncertainty about the global economic outlook

Asian shares are mixed after another U.S. rally spurred by positive economic data, even while the coronavirus pandemic has regions around the world battling recessions

Global stocks were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its fifth straight weekly gain and China’s manufacturing growth held steady.

More gains for stocks Friday gave the S&P 500 its fifth straight winning week

Asian markets are mostly higher after the Federal Reserve said it might keep interest rates low in a major overhaul to its strategy

Major Asian stock markets are mostly lower as investors look ahead to a speech by the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve

Asian shares are mostly lower after a lackluster session on Wall Street following talks between the United States and China on the status of a deal meant to work as truce in their trade war

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors hang onto hopes the coronavirus pandemic may come under control as treatments are developed

The S&P 500 ticked higher to close at another all-time high Friday, powered by strength for technology stocks and better-than-expected reports on the U.S. economy

Asian shares are higher on hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remain about long-term economic damage from the pandemic

Asian shares are slipping after sobriety set in on Wall Street, and the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes laid out challenges for the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic

Stocks are mixed in Asia after the S&P 500 logged a fresh all-time high

Shares are mixed in Asia after a rally in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 closer to its record high

Major stock indexes on Wall Street ended Friday more or less where they started after a day of drifting between small gains and losses

Asian shares are trading mixed as investors study data out of China showing its recovery remains subdued

The S&P 500 briefly traded above its record closing high Wednesday, nearly erasing the last of the historic losses it took due to the coronavirus pandemic

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a late slide in big technology companies left indexes broadly lower on Wall Street, breaking a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500

Shares have advanced in Asia, extending another rally that took the S&P 500 to within striking distance of its all-time high set in February

Wall Street’s big rally let off the accelerator on Friday, despite a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, amid worries about worsening U.S.-China tensions and whether Washington can deliver more aid for the economy

Asian shares are mostly lower in lackluster trading as trade tensions between the U.S. and China offset optimism about more fiscal stimulus in the U.S. Benchmarks in Japan, China and Australia fell in Friday morning trading

Stocks are mixed in Asia as investors watch to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy

Major Asian stock markets have declined amid investor concern about the status of U.S. stimulus spending and a trade agreement with Beijing

Global shares were mixed on Monday as investors weighed risks from rising coronavirus cases with hopes for a recovery in some places like China.

Big Tech continues to steamroll through the pandemic, and strong gains for some of the market’s most influential companies on Friday helped Wall Street close out its fourth straight winning month

Asian shares are tumbling as earnings coming in around the world showed mostly dismal results amid the coronavirus pandemic

Asian stock markets have risen after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged to support a struggling economy

Asian shares are mixed as reports of dismal company earnings add to pessimism over the widespread economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

Shares are trading higher in Asia after U.S. stocks resumed their upward march on Wall Street, while the price of gold pushed to new record highs

Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday as tensions flared again between the world’s two largest economies, jitters continued over the fallout from the coronavirus and companies turned in a mixed batch of earnings

Worsening China-U.S. friction, worries over aid to Americans and U.S. businesses and a stumble on Wall Street have combined to push shares in Asia lower

Asian shares are mixed, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Australia’s benchmark down sharply on reports of a steep rise in coronavirus cases in the Melbourne area

Asian shares are mostly higher on rising hopes for a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic

Wall Street ended another wobbly day broadly higher, giving the S&P 500 its third straight weekly gain

Asian stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street closed lower amid uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook

Shares have retreated in Asia after markets worldwide rallied on rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors pin hopes on news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the U.S. National Institutes of Health revved up people’s immune systems just as desired

Asian shares are falling as skepticism sets in about the recent upward momentum in global markets

Wall Street is closing higher Friday as the S&P 500 notched its third weekly gain in the last four

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower on concerns economic recoveries might fade as coronavirus cases increase in the United States and some other countries

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher following gains for U.S. technology stocks

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as uncertainty over the pandemic sapped the buying enthusiasm that has been pushing prices higher

Markets are mostly lower in Asia as expanding coronavirus outbreaks dim hopes for a global recovery

World stock markets dipped in Europe after gains in Asia

Stocks are higher in Asia after a report showed the U.S. job market is recovering from the wreckage of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street higher as hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine compete with concern about rising U.S. infections

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street closed out its best quarter since 1998

Asian shares are rising, cheered by a rally on Wally Street reflecting some optimism over stronger than expected housing data, despite the coronavirus pandemic

Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street as the number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in the U.S. hit an all-time high, stoking worries that the reopening of businesses investors have been banking on to revive the economy will be derailed

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after U.S. regulators removed some limits on the ability of banks to make investments

Shares are lower in Asia after a sell-off on Wall Street as new coronavirus cases in the U.S. hit their highest level in two months

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors’ mood get a boost from another rally on Wall Street, but fears remained about coronavirus cases surging in various parts of the world

Asian shares are lower after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally

Asian stock are mixed after Wall Street gained for a third day on hopes for for a global economic rebound

Asian shares have tracked a rally on Wall Street spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest promise to support markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after a weekslong rally on Wall Street hit the brakes

Shares rose in Europe on Friday after a day of losses in Asia following Wall Street’s overnight sell-off on worries over a possible “second wave” of coronavirus cases.

Shares are mixed in Asia after the Nasdaq composite touched a fresh record as enthusiasm about reopening the economy pushed Wall Street still higher

The Dow tumbled more than 1800 points Thursday as reports of rising numbers of coronavirus infections in many countries raised fears over risks from reopenings from pandemic shutdowns.

The S&P 500 jumped another 2.6% Friday after a report said the U.S. job market surprisingly strengthened last month, bolstering hopes that the worst of the recession may have already passed

Shares are higher in Asia after U.S. unemployment data gave the S&P 500 its first loss in five days

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose on better U.S. jobs and manufacturing data than expected

Asian shares are rising after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus pandemic

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday after shaking off a wobbly start

The stock market erased an early drop and ended mixed, capping a strong week and month

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street’s rally petered out amid worries about flaring U.S.-China tensions

Asian stocks are mixed after an upbeat open, as investors pin their hopes on an economic rebound from the coronavirus crisis

Wall Street is closing higher as hopes for economic recovery overshadow worries over the coronavirus pandemic

Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended a wobbly day mostly higher, extending its gains for the week