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Why MicroStrategy Stock Plummeted Today
Shares of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, fell on Thursday. The company's stock lost 8.8% as of market close and was down as much as 12.7% earlier in the day. The steep decline outpaces the S&P 500's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite's (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) worst single...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
LIVE MARKETS-US stocks end deeply red, now onto payrolls
Main US indexes plunge; Nasdaq off most, down ~6%Energy down most among S&P sectors; Staples sole gainerDollar off ~1%; gold off ~0.8%; bitcoin off >4%; crude down ~7%US 10-Year Treasury yield slides to ~4.05% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters re...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Amazon's Stock Takes the Tariff Tumble. Here's Why I'm Still Holding.
Trump's tariffs brought the stock market to its knees on Thursday. The introduction of profit-sapping importation fees drove the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) to close almost 5% lower.As a leading seller of imported goods, e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) took a particularly hard hit. The stock cl...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
US STOCKS-Wall Street ends with heavy losses on fears Trump tariffs will trigger recession
All three benchmarks slump after Trump tariffs announcementApple leads declines among Big TechRetail stocks sink on Asia tariff worriesWall Street fear gauge hits 3-week highBy David French April 3 (Reuters) - Wall Street benchmarks slumped on Thursday, ending with the largest one-day percentage ...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Why Applied Digital Stock Is Plummeting Today
Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) stock is falling Thursday amid bearish sentiment shaping the broader market. The company's share price was down 8.8% as of 3:40 p.m. ET. At the same point in the day's trading, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite index had fallen 4.8% and 5.8%, respectively.The Trump ...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Stock Soared in Q1 While the S&P 500 Struggled. Here's Why.
Many investors consider Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) a proxy for the stock market. After all, owning it gives you exposure to shares in many big companies hand-picked by one of the best investing minds ever. CEO Warren Buffett also has dozens of operating businesses under the Berks...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
Why XRP Is Sinking Today
XRP's (CRYPTO: XRP) valuation is moving lower in Thursday's trading amid big sell-offs for both cryptocurrencies and stocks. The cryptocurrency's price was down 4.7% over the previous 24 hours as of 3:15 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was down 5.1% over the past day, and Ethereum (CRYPTO:...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
Why Siemens Stock Slumped Today
Shares in German industrial giant Siemens (OTC: SIEGY) were down by more than 6% in trading as of 3 p.m. ET Thursday due to the tariffs imposed on foreign countries by the Trump administration. As a global company with interlinked supply chains that span the globe, Siemens is notably exposed to tari...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
US STOCKS-Wall Street sinks on fears Trump tariffs to trigger recession
All three benchmarks slump after Trump tariffs announcementApple leads declines among Big TechRetail stocks slump on Asia tariff worriesWall Street fear gauge hits 3-week highIndexes down: Dow 3.3%, S&P 500 4.1%, Nasdaq 5.1%By David French April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were heading for shar...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Why Are Airline and Cruise Line Stocks Getting Crushed by Tariffs?
The stock market was experiencing its biggest one-day declines in several years on Thursday in the wake of President Trump's tariff announcements. Not only will the tariffs affect over 180 countries around the world, but for the most part, they were also far worse than experts had anticipated.As a r...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
US investment-grade credit risk gauge hits highest since November 2023
NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index CDXIG5Y=MG, a basket of credit default swaps that serves as a gauge of credit risk, widened to its highest since November 2023 on Thursday amid market turmoil fueled by U.S. sweeping tariffs.The index widened to 64.9 ...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Why Footwear Stocks Nike, On Holding, Deckers, and Boot Barn Were Tumbling Today
Stocks are plunging today on President Trump's announcement of a 10% blanket tariff on global imports and higher rates on most major trading partners last night.Unsurprisingly, the news sent broad swaths of the stock market into a tailspin, and among the hardest-hit sectors was footwear and apparel....The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
US tech, retail stocks lead rout after Trump's tariff blow
Tariffs could hurt global supply chains, profit margin: analystsTech companies like Apple face significant tariff costs Semiconductors face indirect tariff impactBy Niket Nishant, Medha Singh and Alden Bentley April 3 (Reuters) - Megacap U.S. tech companies including Apple and retail giants Walm...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Intel shares reverse course after report of joint venture
** Shares of Intel Corp INTC.O reverse course, last up ~4.3% at $22.9** Executives from Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 2330.TW recently reached preliminary agreement to form joint venture to operate Intel’s chip-making facilities, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Equity long/short hedge funds wipe out year gains in market rout
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - Global equity long/short hedge funds erased their gains for the year on Thursday as stocks plunged after the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs. The funds showed a 1.7% fall on the day, Goldman Sachs said. As of Thursday, long/short...Reuters
Apr 3, 2025
Why U.S. Oil and Gas Stocks Plunged Today
Shares of U.S.-based oil and gas fracking companies such as Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN), APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA), and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ: FANG) plunged on Thursday, falling 11.2%, 14.4%, and 11%, respectively, as of 12:32 p.m. ET.Investors might have thought the Trump administration would...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
Here's Why Capital One Stock Is Getting Crushed by Tariffs
The stock market was having its worst day in several years on Thursday in the wake of President Trump's global tariff announcement. In a nutshell, the tariff rates were largely far higher than expected and applied to more countries as well. The resulting concerns about their macroeconomic impact sen...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
Why Tesla Stock Is Sinking Today
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are getting hit with another round of big sell-offs in Thursday's trading. The price was down 5.4% as of 2:15 p.m. ET today amid a 4.3% decline for the S&P 500 and a 5.5% drop for the Nasdaq Composite.The Trump administration announced a series of wide-ranging new tari...The Motley Fool
Apr 3, 2025
