Bank worries, China trade feud unnerves stock market. Typical October volatility or something bigger?

Bank worries, China trade feud unnerves stock market. Typical October volatility or something bigger?

How are we enjoying the “normal seasonal soft patch” so far? The stock market spent the past week chopping around the range left by the sharp drop the prior Friday, while confronting the ghosts of crises past: regional-bank balance-sheet worries , possible re-escalation of China trade hostilities, a crypto flash correction and a reversal in…

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Trump ‘No Kings’ protests

Trump ‘No Kings’ protests

Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people will gather Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations — what the president’s Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies. This is the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and it is expected…

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