Traders are loading up on protection against extreme moves as stocks zoom higher

Investors are buying up crash protection for their portfolios even as a sizzling postelection rally shows few signs of slowing down.

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10-year Treasury yield ends lower after strong auction as investors await election results

Long-dated Treasury yields erased their rise to end lower Tuesday following an auction of 10-year notes that met solid demand as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
Business - MarketWatch - November 5
Zoom’s results beat expectations, but stock slips

Videoconferencing platform Zoom Video Communications Inc. on Monday offered up third-quarter results and an outlook that came in above Wall Street’s expectations, helped by growth in its key ...
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Oil prices end with a modest loss as Trump’s win lifts the dollar

Oil futures finished lower Wednesday, but pared much of the earlier losses that pulled U.S. prices briefly below $70 a barrel, as traders weighed the potential impact of former President Donald ...
Business - MarketWatch - November 6
Oil ends higher for a fifth straight session as traders await U.S. election results

Oil futures settled Tuesday with a fifth straight session gain as investors awaited the outcome of a contentious and close U.S. presidential election and weighed developments in the Middle East.
Business - MarketWatch - November 5
Oil prices end higher as traders weigh potential Trump policies

Oil futures finished higher on Thursday, recouping their losses from a day earlier and then some, as traders continued to tackle uncertainty surrounding incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
Business - MarketWatch - November 7
Florida's takeover of the GOP is about to transform Washington

POLITICO reporters discuss what Florida’s takeover of the Republican Party means in a second Trump administration.
Politics - Politico - 4 days ago
The valuation warning for Costco and other higher-rated stocks

When companies approach extreme price levels, gravity looms
World - Financial Times - November 20

Traders are loading up on protection against extreme moves as stocks zoom higher

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