stock market

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Some economists expect the war in Iran—which has rattled energy markets, driven up fuel costs and dragged the U.S. stock market to its worst quarter in nearly four years—to damp growth in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The U.S. stock market is closed on Good Friday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Hedge fund managers can make money whether the stock market goes up or down, and they can also profit from alternative asset classes such as gold and oil.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Since the end of February, the three major stock market indices — the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite — have fallen by a few percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I was curious to see if she made sense, but also to know where this young woman who was crashing the stock market with her every utterance had come from.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis