Harris' comments on decriminalizing marijuana propel cannabis stocks

Oct 9, 2020
Harris said a Biden administration would decriminalize marijuana and expunge the records of people convicted of marijuana-related offenses.
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Trump's positive COVID test adds more uncertainty to volatile markets

It comes after the first presidential debate and the uncertain fate of more coronavirus relief.
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Trump tests positive for coronavirus; stocks, oil prices sink

Oct 2, 2020
U.S. stock futures and Asian shares fell Friday after the president said he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.
Trump tweeted news of his test results just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week.
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What's behind the stock market's strong third quarter?

The S&P 500 gained 8.5%, the Dow is up 7.5% and the Nasdaq is up 11% for the quarter.
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Why we use animals to describe what's going on with the stock market or economy

Oct 1, 2020
You may know bulls, bears or unicorns, but there are at least 130 others, too.
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Palantir, Asana both take unusual path to IPOs with direct listings

A direct listing is a quicker way to start selling shares to the public, but it can come with more risk.
Palantir, a data analytics company, and Asana, a corporate software company, are both taking their stock public through direct listings.
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Banks weigh in on what the 2020 presidential election might do to the stock market

Sep 25, 2020
Economists often look to previous elections to model upcoming ones, but 2020 continues to break the mold.
Goldman Sachs economists said in a note Thursday that worries are overblown — that there will be a victor on election night and in turn the markets will stay steady.
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For public good, not for profit.

Tesla promised a big announcement on batteries. Now its stock is tumbling.

The announcement fell short of what investors were expecting.
The manufacturing plan for these new batteries isn’t done and we won’t see them in Teslas for a few years.
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Tech’s sudden sell-off continues; Nasdaq sinks 10% in 3 days

Sep 8, 2020
Critics have long been saying that big technology stocks had shot too high, even after accounting for their strong profit growth.
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Wall Street record high belies widening gap between investor haves and have-nots

Aug 24, 2020
Who actually benefits when Wall Street hits a record?
The New York Stock Exchange in May. Stock wealth has become concentrated among fewer people in recent decades.
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