volatile

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Korea’s Kospi 200 was 1.1% higher, where Samsung Electronics gained 1.8% after a volatile trading day following the company’s report of an eightfold profit leap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Brokerage inventories are far smaller as a percentage of investments than ever before and, as a result, market makers are less able to intermediate in extremely volatile markets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The core PCE price index, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to rise 3%, one-tenth of a percentage point less than previously.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

However, he said he’d have questions about how the war has affected flight schedules, corporate travel and longer-term spending, and how much of a cushion Delta’s premium seating classes might offer against volatile fuel prices.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

Thorn and Seven had snuck into their school’s potions room five days after their spy mission and were mixing ingredients together for a particularly volatile enchantment.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega