Stocks finished firmly higher Friday, capping a tumultuous week of trading in U.S. markets that concluded with the three main equity indexes booking weekly gains. But despite the upbeat note that the final full week in March delivered, strategists and market participants were chirping about a major block trade in …
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What happens when Robinhood traders walk out of the stock market? That’s not the start of a joke. It’s the premise of a new study looking at how young investors on the high-profile trading app with $ 0 commissions were generating market volatility and “noise” long before the GameStop stock-trading …
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Asian markets were little changed in early trading Friday, after stocks fell on Wall Street as the stalemate over a second coronavirus-aid plan continued to fester on Capitol Hill. Japan’s Nikkei 225 NIK, +0.17% was nearly flay, while Hong Hong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.05% slipped 0.2%. The Shanghai Composite …
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