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Bloomberg Donald Trump’s got the stock market on a string, but investors are less sure of the game he’s playing. The Republican president’s renewed ramblings on trade dominated US equity markets this week, with a tweet-induced swoon on April 6 leaving the S&P 500 Index 1.4 percent lower than where it started on Monday. The gauge swung wildly, notching four ...

Bloomberg US stocks pared losses, while haven demand eased as investors speculated that the final form of any Chinese tariffs might be less onerous than currently proposed. The S&P 500 Index cut its decline by almost two-thirds as representatives from China and the Trump administration left the door open for a negotiated solution. The proposals wouldn’t take effect for months. ...

Bloomberg US stocks bounced back from Monday’s selloff as the rout in technology selloff eased and carmakers rallied on strong sales reports. Treasuries and gold retreated. The S&P 500 climbed from the lowest level since early February after closing below the 200-day moving average for the first time since the Brexit vote almost two years ago. General Motors jumped almost ...

Bloomberg US stocks dropped in light trading as the weakness in technology shares persisted amid renewed presidential criticism of Amazon.com and retaliatory tariffs from China. The dollar held steady and Treasury yields climbed. The S&P 500 Index slumped after its first quarterly retreat since 2015, with volumes 17 percent below average. The Nasdaq 100 Index lost more than 1.5 percent ...

Bloomberg The reckoning is starting for crypto hedge funds. Demand and profits are drying up at many of the more than 150 funds that popped during 2017’s spectacular surge in Bitcoin—which brought cryptocurrencies to the attention of scores of institutional and individual investors. This year’s 50 percent plunge in the value of Bitcoin has many investors thinking twice. At about ...

Bloomberg The US jobs report was already playing second fiddle to inflation data in the minds of bond traders. But after the recent turbulence in technology stocks, it feels like an afterthought. Benchmark 10-year Treasuries are coming off their biggest rally of 2018, with yields at seven-week lows. This time, it wasn’t geopolitical risk fueling the gains, or even weak ...

Bloomberg China’s markets have been turned upside down this year as the prevailing narrative shifted from deleveraging to trade wars, creating headaches for investors positioning ahead of MSCI Inc. inclusion in June. Large cap stocks, which led gains in 2017, are among the biggest decliners, while beaten down small caps are staging their best rally in more than two years. ...

Bloomberg US stocks fell, pushed lower by megacap tech shares as they extended losses following a sharp selloff Tuesday afternoon. The dollar rose while Treasuries rallied as data showed American economic growth beat estimates. Volatility spiked as the Nasdaq 100 Index retreated, with Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. among the biggest losers. The gauge is heading for its fifth straight ...

Bloomberg A rebound in global stocks showed signs of fading in the US, with equities little changed after the best rally in two-and-a-half years. The S&P 500 Index fluctuated after European and Asian equities rallied to catch up with march 26’s surge in the US, spurred by speculation the world will avoid an all-out trade war. The dollar strengthened on ...

Bloomberg US equities rallied back from the biggest weekly rout in more than two years, with major benchmarks surging the most since early February on signs that an escalation of trade tensions was beginning to ease. Technology firms and banks were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500 Index as a measure of the gauge’s valuation rose from a ...