Stocks Rise After Tumult, but Investors Remain Wary of Trade Tensions

• Puma’s stock dives to near 9-year low as ‘trade disputes’ hit sales of sports apparel

  Shares of Puma tumbled to a near nine-year low on Wednesday after the German sportswear group warned that geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty would contribute to another year of weak growth.
  
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• 9 quality bank stocks most likely to rise as much as 45% after recent market declines

  Recent action shows investors can never really predict how interest rates will move.
  
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  Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence

  In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government in Damascus and local Kurdish-led authorities
  
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• Oil prices resume slide, ending lower as tariff fears spark stock-market tumble

  Oil futures ended lower Monday, dragged down by fears rising global trade tensions could spark a recession or a slowdown as U.S. equities suffered their worst day of 2025.
  
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• Oil ends higher, a day after tariff-induced recession fears pulled prices to 6-month lows

  Oil futures finished higher Tuesday, a day after ending at six-month lows as fears of a global economic slowdown from rising trade tensions prompted a global selloff for equities and other assets ...
  
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• Tariffs are causing stock-market panic and leading investors into riskier options trading

  Less than two months into his second term, President Donald Trump is already making stock-market volatility great again. That’s been a boon for the options market.
  
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  Trump Tariffs and Trade Wars Leave Investors, Once Optimistic, Feeling Apprehensive

  On Tuesday, President Trump sent markets into another tailspin by announcing additional tariffs on Canada, suggesting a falling stock market is no longer the bulwark investors had hoped.
  
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• Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI

  Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index trades around three-year highs.
  
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• Stocks Pare Losses After Trump’s Moves and Comments Rattled Investors

  Weeks of selling culminated on Monday with the S&P 500’s worst day of the year. Markets were somewhat calmer on Tuesday but investors continue to puzzle over President Trump’s policies.
  
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  Southwest Airlines Will Begin Charging for Checked Bags, Ending a Beloved Policy

  Customers with the highest loyalty status will be spared from the fee, but others will have to pay for checked bags for flights booked from May 28.
  
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  The SEC Has a Lone Democrat, Caroline Crenshaw

  Caroline Crenshaw, the lone Democratic commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is offering dissenting views at the regulatory agency reshaped by President Trump.
  
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  Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat

  Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.
  
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  A Tariff Pile-On Threatens to Escalate a Global Trade War

  American trading partners responded swiftly to President Trump’s latest round of levies with countermeasures, creating more uncertainty for C.E.O.s.
  
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• Ray Dalio warns that mounting U.S. debt problems could lead to ‘shocking developments'

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• Tesla bounces for second day after steepest drop since 2020

  The electric vehicle company has shed more than 40% in market value since President Donald Trump took office.
  
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