Wall Street ends with broad sell-off on spiking inflation fears
* Indexes down: Dow 1.99%, S&P 2.14%, Nasdaq 2.67%. NEW YORK, May 12 - Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday with the S&P suffering its biggest $one$-day percentage drop since February, as inflation data fueled concerns over whether interest rate hikes from the Fed could happen sooner than anticipated.All three major U.S. stock indexes ended the session deep in the red following the Labor Department's April consumer prices report, which showed the biggest rise in nearly 12 years.The report was
Here's why this trader is shorting Apple stock and buying gold
The Nasdaq Composite managed to claw back most of its losses Tuesday after falling 2.2% shortly after the open. But that doesn't mean the index itself or the tech sector stocks that populate it are out of the woods. To the contrary, $one$ trader is seeing short opportunities in not only the Nasdaq, but it's biggest component, Apple .Tech stocks have been lagging the Dow and S&P 500 this year, but JC Parets, founder of allstarcharts.com, explains to Yahoo Finance Live that this phenomenon stretc
Wall Street closes lower as inflation fears prompt tech sell-off
* Electric vehicle shares drop after Workhorse miss. * Indexes down: Dow 0.10%, S&P 1.04%, Nasdaq 2.55%. NEW YORK, May 10 - Wall Street closed lower on Monday as inflation jitters drove investors away from market-leading growth stocks in favor of cyclicals, which stand to benefit most as the economy reopens.Industrial and healthcare shares limited the Dow's decline but the blue-chip average reversed course late in the session to snap a three-day streak of record closing highs."The market leader
Apple reports another blowout quarter with sales up 54%, authorizes $90 billion in share buybacks
Apple reported a blowout quarter on Wednesday, announcing companywide sales up 54% higher than last year, and significantly stronger profits than Wall Street expected.Apple did not issue official guidance for what it expects in the quarter ending in June.Apple authorized $90 billion in share buybacks.Apple stock rose over 4% at one point in extended trading.Apple reported double-digit growth in every single one of its product categories, and its most important product line, the iPhone, was up 65
Apple reports another blowout quarter with sales up 54%, authorizes $90 billion in share buybacks
Apple reported a blowout quarter on Wednesday, announcing companywide sales up 54% higher than last year, and significantly stronger profits than Wall Street expected.Apple did not issue official guidance for what it expects in the quarter ending in June.Apple authorized $90 billion in share buybacks.Apple stock rose over 4% at one point in extended trading.Apple reported double-digit growth in every single one of its product categories, and its most important product line, the iPhone, was up 65
Wall Street slips off record highs, Tesla drops after fatal crash
Tesla falls after fatal crash, bitcoin slumpsGameStop shares jump as CEO exitsCoca-Cola rises as revenue beats estimates. NEW YORK, April 19 - U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week's record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings to justify high valuations, while Tesla Inc shares fell after a fatal car crash.The electric-car maker fell after a Tesla vehicle believed to be operating without anyone in the driver's seat crashed into a tree on Satu