Small Investors Keep Propping Up the Stock Market While Big Money Sits Out
What Happened? Retail traders just made history. Friday's market selloff triggered over 108 million options contracts traded. That's the biggest options volume day ever recorded. Only the second time trading topped 100 million contracts. Here's the surprising part: retail investors weren't panicking. They were buying. Scott Rubner from Citadel Securities noted that retail traders showed […]
Stocks Reverse Course, Dow Falls 300 Points as Rally Fizzles Out
What Happened? The stock market had a head fake Thursday. All three major indexes started the day higher. Then they flipped. The Dow dropped 317 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both fell 0.7%. No clear news triggered the reversal. It just… happened. But the warning signs were there. The VIX - Wall Street's "fear […]
Crypto Crashes $150 Billion as U.S.-China Trade War Heats Up
What Happened? The crypto market lost over $150 billion in value in just 24 hours as Bitcoin and other digital coins tumbled. Bitcoin dropped 5% to below $110,000, while Ethereum fell over 9% to under $3,900. This follows a brutal weekend where $19 billion worth of leveraged crypto bets got wiped out. Why Crypto Is […]
Dow Drops 500, Tech Gets Hammered on China Trade War Fears
Friday was brutal for investors. Stocks crashed after Trump threatened "massive" new tariffs on China in a Truth Social post. Here's the damage: Tech stocks got hit the hardest. And all three indexes are now down for the week. What Set Trump Off: China has been picking fights all week: Trump's response? A long, angry […]
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