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Here’s what bank earnings tell us about the economy
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Ryan Kailath
Apr 12, 2018
The fundamentals of this economy are strong right now but you wouldn’t always know it from the stock markets lately. Volatility has been the word of recent weeks. But on Friday big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are expected to show strong profits. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Manic Monday, sell-off style
Apr 3, 2018
Monday the markets weathered a broad sell-off with tech stock jitters and trade war talk fueling investors’ anxieties. What’s behind this slide? Is it all about tech companies and trade? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Wall Street’s Tuesday morning playlist features Spotify IPO
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Renata Sago
Apr 2, 2018
Spotify has helped revive the struggling music business. Now can the streamer show a changed industry how to make a profit in a digital world? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
A wild week on Wall Street
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Molly Wood
Mar 30, 2018
Policy change and international trade tensions are behind a reactive market.
Kylie Jenner tweeted displeasure about Snapchat. Is that a problem?
Feb 22, 2018
If you’re a business that cultivates high-profile celebrity influencers, what do you do when one of them expresses displeasure to millions of followers? That’s the position Snap finds itself in after Kylie Jenner tweeted that she doesn’t open Snapchat anymore. Jenner, apparently, doesn’t much like the app’s new design, and neither do more than a […]
Hey, what’s going on in the economy?
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Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 2018
Five days of volatile markets, a five-hour government shutdown and one budget bill later ...
Waiting out a down market may be tough for workers headed toward retirement
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Erika Beras
Feb 9, 2018
All that advice about taking a deep breath, focusing on the long term and not obsessing about the balance in your retirement accounts as the markets take a wild ride sounds a lot better when you’re not headed toward retirement soon. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Amazon will pilot package carrier service in Los Angeles
Feb 9, 2018
As Amazon expands its logistics operations, it’s inching closer to developing a service that competes with FedEx and UPS. Shares of both package carriers fell today after news of Amazon’s new Shipping with Amazon service was reported in the Wall Street Journal. The company is piloting that service in Los Angeles, delivering some goods sold […]
Investors ponder safe havens amid market volatility
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Andy Uhler
Feb 7, 2018
The last few days have seen big swings in the global stock markets. During such volatile times, investors often shift their assets to what are called safe-haven currencies, traditionally the Japanese yen or Swiss franc. Why does that happen, and is now a good moment for safe havens? Click the audio player above to hear […]
Today’s trading was the very definition of volatility
Feb 6, 2018
But the bigger context is volatility in the markets has actually been falling over the last 30 years.