Yahoo HomeAlexandra is a reporter at Yahoo Finance covering markets and cryptocurrencies. Previously, she covered institutional investment for MandateWire, a subsidiary of the Financial Times. She also wrote for Bloomberg News, where she reported on U.S. automakers, as well as agriculture and commodities. Alexandra holds a master's degree in business journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Yahoo FinanceStock market news live updates: Stocks close lower despite reversal from session lows as investors await Fed clarity
U.S. stocks staged another resurgence Tuesday but closed lower despite a momentous clawback from losses in midday trading as investors anticipate clues from the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting on how quickly the central bank may move to tighten monetary conditions.
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Here are the celebrities promoting crypto — even as concerns around scams mount
Crypto popularity has boomed in recent years, and celebrities have gotten in on the fanfare.
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Netflix gets clobbered on subscriber miss: 'The good old days may be gone'
Shares of Netflix plunged more than 20% in early trading Friday after the company reported fourth quarter results that reflected weakening subscriber additions.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks close at session lows: Dow falls 300 points
U.S. stocks struggled for direction Thursday afternoon after staging a comeback from a turbulent previous session as investors weighed a series of upbeat earnings and a fresh read on weekly jobless claims out of Washington.
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Netflix shares sink after subscriber outlook misses estimates
Here were the main metrics from Netflix's fourth quarter earnings report,
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A blockbuster year for VC had firms race through pitches at the fastest rate ever
Venture capitalists rewrote the record books in 2021 — in more ways than one.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks extend losses as rate worries persist; Nasdaq erases 2.6%, Dow tumbles 540 points
U.S. stocks got battered on Tuesday in a volatile start to the holiday-shortened trading week as rising bond yields, persisting rate pressures and an earnings miss by Goldman Sachs weighed on markets to mark another day of losses in equities.
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Earnings season in full swing, Fed blackout period: What to know this week
Earnings season kicks into high gear this week with Goldman Sachs (GS), Proctor & Gamble (PG), Netflix (NFLX) and United Airlines (UAL) expected to report this week.
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Private equity sees record $1 trillion year, boosted by rush of COVID-stalled deals
U.S. private equity firms had a banner year of dealmaking. In 2021, the private equity industry struck deals valued at a whopping $1.2 trillion, topping 2019’s previous record by 64%, according to PitchBook data.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says 'there could be 6 or 7' interest rate hikes
JPMorgan chief executive officer Jamie Dimon predicted on Friday that rising inflation could prompt the Federal Reserve to raise short-term borrowing costs as many as six or seven times, doubling down on his earlier bet that the currently-anticipated three to four increases are likely a low estimate of what investors can expect.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks fall after record jump in wholesale prices, rise in jobless claims
U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as investors considered a fresh read on weekly unemployment claims and wholesale price inflation out of Washington.
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Cathie Wood rejects Fed’s inflation 'jawboning,' pivots back to deflation narrative
Wall Street’s rate-hike jitters have wreaked havoc on high-growth tech stocks — and Cathie Wood’s Ark ETFs were front and center for the damage yet again.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks rebound as Nasdaq powers on for second straight day and Dow gains 180 points
Wall Street’s main indexes closed in the green on Tuesday after staging a comeback from earlier losses as investors weighed testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Crypto startups draw record VC money, may lead to more IPOs in 2022
Venture capitalists bet big on crypto in 2021, plowing more cash than ever into emerging companies in the sector. Startups in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space were powered by a record $33 billion in VC funding last year – exceeding flows from all prior years combined.
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Bitcoin price tests $40,000, ethereum hovers near $3,000 level again
Bitcoin and Ethereum are tumbling in an ugly start to the year for digital assets.
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Leisure and hospitality led December job gains – but remains far short of pre-COVID levels
The leisure and hospitality sector has continued to recover since taking the brunt of pandemic job losses but remains a complicated facet of the labor market recovery as COVID continues to dictate the industry’s future.
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Young retail investors’ risk appetite shows no signs of being curbed
A recent survey of retail investors found that younger age groups comprised a significant portion of respondents who reported plans to be more active in volatile, higher-risk sectors.
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Stock market news live updates: Stocks close lower for second straight session as rate hike worries persist
U.S. stocks closed down after choppy trading on Thursday as markets attempted to recover from a sell-off in the previous session sparked by worries around more imminent rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
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Cathie Wood’s flagship Ark ETF off to a rough start in 2022 — down 45% from its peak
With every new year comes a clean slate. For Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest, that doesn’t seem to be the case. The firm’s beaten-down Ark Innovation Fund fund has hit a new low in 2022 – already.
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Stock market news live updates: Dow notches another record close as S&P 500, Nasdaq lose steam
The Dow Jones Industrial Average set another closing record on Tuesday after upbeat economic data powered the index forward as investors bet on a strong recovery. Tech stocks faltered to drag the Nasdaq down 1.3%, and the S&P 500 was mostly unchanged.