U.S. futures point to losses on the Dow and S&P 500 for a fourth straight day. Read More
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It’s not Sandy Alderson’s fault, says Sandy Alderson
It’s really hanging one out there to call this Mets season particularly Mets-y. Every season in Queens has an element of the weird and inexplicable to it that only the Mets can conjure. They never settle quietly into the background. But this year, well, through Jacob deGrom’s injury and Javy Baez letting it slip that… […]
Is meme-stock mania ending?
Google search interest for stock-buying terms has dwindled down to pre-pandemic levels. Read More
Crude, crypto and tech stocks: The big winners and losers from a historic first-half of trading
U.S. futures are gaining as we kick off the second half of 2021. Read More
Bitcoin, crude, and tech stocks: The big winners and losers from a historic first-half of trading
U.S. futures are gaining as we kick off the second half of 2021. Read More
U.S. stocks hit a record even as inflation spikes at the fastest pace in 13 years
U.S. stocks were all in the green, shrugging off a hot inflation number. Read More
Stocks plateau as an S&P 500 stall-out nears historic territory
U.S. stocks closed lower overall, as the S&P 500 extended a long streak of indecisiveness. Read More
Don’t look now, but GameStop stock is approaching record highs again
Enlarge / Q-Bert can’t tell what the @!#?! is going on with GameStop stock, either… (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) GameStop’s stock price is approaching the historic highs it reached during the zenith of its meme-stock volatility in January. The stock’s steady increase over the last months comes as the company prepares to announce […]
Up nearly 3,000% this year, the new king of the meme stocks continues to soar
Pass the popcorn. AMC Entertainment shares are soaring again on Thursday. Read More
GameStop FOMO inspires a new wave of crypto pump-and-dumps
Enlarge (credit: peng song / Getty) After the California Gold Rush, in 1870, two Kentucky swindlers whipped up a scheme to prey on thirsty financiers’ FOMO. They invented a diamond field out West. Investors sunk millions in today’s money into the scheme. All of it, of course, was for naught—a cautionary tale about believing anyone […]