stocks

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U.S. stocks were modestly lower Wednesday as investors parsed comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh for clues about the path of interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Many chip stocks and AI-adjacent shares got hit Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Last year, retail investors rushed to buy the dip in stocks during the April tariff tantrum, beating many Wall Street professionals to the punch.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

But stocks overall were little changed, with the S&P 500 ending down 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

“Don't let me undergo the indignity of dying in the stocks in these women's clothes,” he said to him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez