Dow falls ahead of Fed meeting; oil & gold slump

Tue, May 1, 2018, 11:35 AM

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Stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) push lower ahead of the Fed’s two-day meeting. The technology (XLK) sector is most in the green, and the energy (XLE) sector is most in the red. Yahoo Finance’s Jared Blikre joins us live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to talk markets. To discuss the other big stories of the day, Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith is joined by Melody Hahm, Dion Rabouin, Myles Udland, Dan Howley. Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol also joins the show to chat about turning around the embattled Mexican chain.

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Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
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