Wall Street ends higher on tech rebound, rising rate cut bets
By Stephen
Culp
Mon November 24, 2025 4:16 PM
The indexes went straight up today when a slew of new government data showed a weakening labor market and spiking inflation, igniting new hopes that there may very well be a December rate cut. Several Fed officials donning more dovish positions very much encouraged this speculation and shot the odds up to 85% vs 42 a week ago. A good deal more data coming later this week.
Wall Street indexes jump as rate cut bets increase but post losses for week
Fri November 21, 2025 5:32 PM
After two days of serious pullbacks, the market had quite a rally today when sentiment regarding a December rate cut changed drastically when the NY Fed Prez stated that rates could be cut without hurting inflation. Even though this was counteracted by Boston Fed Prez stating skepticism about the need for a cut, investors still reacted with great enthusiasm with the odds for a December cut in one day suddenly doubling from 39% to 72%. Though the day saw solid gains, because of the big drawdowns of the past few days, all the indexes were down for the week anywhere from 2 to 2.7%. Volume came in at 21 billion, a bit above the 20 billion average.
DJ: 45,752.26 -386.51 NAS: 22,078.05
-486.18 S&P: 6,538.76
-103.40 11/20
DJ: 46,245.41 +493.15 NAS: 22,273.08
+195.04 S&P: 6,602.99
+64.23 11/21
Wall Street indexes end lower after sharp reversal, tech leads drop
By Caroline Valetkevitch Thu November 20, 2025 5:17 PM
Today was a grand example of why Wall Street is so much fun. Everyone thought the market was going to soar today given Nvidia’s surprising and wonderful Q3 report that was released right after the bell and resulted in a big jump in their stock price. But that’s not what happened. Even though all the indexes started the day way up, the Dow up some 800, the Nasdaq some 600, it only lasted until about 11:00 a.m. when it began plunging and went straight down the rest of the session with all three closing into serious 3-digit losses again. Even the S&P was down 3-digits.
Wall Street indexes end rocky session higher ahead of Nvidia earnings
Wed November 19, 2025 4:03 PM
Speak of a rocky day, all the indexes were way up in the morning, the Dow up some 200, the Nasdaq 400, before beginning another drastic plunge around 10:30 a.m., possibly reflecting changing sentiment that maybe enough tech had been sold off enough and that maybe Nvidia’s report won’t be all that bad. The plunge was attributed to the Fed once again making statements that another rate cut would hurt inflation. A further sell off had been expected pending the AI giant’s after-hours report and the report did come in after-hours – just barely! It was actually at 4:15 pm, 15 minutes after close, that Nvidia’s stock began to soar when the report revealed that they handily beat expectations.
S&P 500 ends down for a 4th day as valuation worries weigh, Home Depot drops
Tue November 18, 2025 5:14 PM
For the fourth straight day, fears of over-stretched valuations, being at their highest since 2000, once again brought all the indexes way down, creating the longest S&P losing streak in three months and moving the index below its 50-day moving average for the first time seven months. Also weighing heavily on sentiment is Home Depot lowering its annual profit forecast and with corresponding Q3 earnings that disappointed. There’s also the damper of private labor reports showing a sharp uptick in the number of people on unemployment in September and October.
Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught
By Stephen
Culp
Mon November 17, 2025 6:19 PM
Everything was swimming along fine right along flat until about 12:30 when massive panic-selling came out of nowhere. Though no explanations were given as to what exactly transpired at that hour, the explanation that was given was that uncertainties regarding stretched valuations, a possible AI bubble, and a weakened labor market which began last Thursday has now stretched into a third day of very serious sell-offs with both the Dow and Nasdaq into serious 3-digit losses. Today the added trigger is the coming later this week of those long awaited government labor reports which have been on hold due to the shutdown.
Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report
Fri November 14, 2025 6:40 PM
The Dow took another real beating today with inflation concerns and labor market fears haunting investors. The index dipped as low as 600 points in the morning but recovered more than half of that by close. Tech finally caught a break though at least in terms of trimming losses as both indexes enjoyed modest gains during the day but closed pretty close to flat as investors sit on the fence awaiting Nvidia’s results next week. As today’s expert put it, “We’ve got a huge event next week with Nvidia. If Nvidia disappoints, they will be punished.” At 20.1 billion shares traded, volume almost exactly matched the 20.2 billion average.
DJ: 47,457.22 -797.60 NAS: 22,870.36
-536.10 S&P: 6,737.49
-113.43 11/13
DJ: 47,147.48 -309.74 NAS: 22,900.59
+30.23 S&P: 6,734.11
-3.38 11/14
Fri 11-14-25 6:40 pm Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report | Reuters
