Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as Wall Street wraps up 2024
Stocks were setting up for a fitting end to a roaring year of trading after an uncharacteristic limp into the finish.
S&P 500 delivers first back-to-back annual gains of more than 20% since 1998
The S&P 500 (SP500) on Tuesday notched a whopping +23.3% advance for 2024, posting gains in nine out of twelve months. Read more here for a breakdown of its annual performance.
Trump, Powell, and AI Shaped Markets This Year. They’ll Do It Again in 2025
As the chart shows, the AI-fueled Magnificent Seven stocks—Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Tesla—this year vastly outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 as well as the tech-heavy ...
Stocks soared in 2024 but in the final weeks the US Fed threatened to take the punch bowl away
The Australian sharemarket surged in 2024, adding nearly $200bn to the value of the benchmark ASX 200 index, despite a ...