Stocks

S&P 500 plunges into negative territory for 2021

U.S. equity markets were under pressure Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept policy on hold and investors grappled with the ongoing short squeeze in a number of companies' shares. 

Boeing to delay 777X again as it posts record annual loss

The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated a drop in demand for the industry's largest jetliners, with airline customers shunning deliveries of planes due to international travel restrictions, hurting cash flow at the U.S. planemaker.

Bullish stock bets explode as major indexes repeatedly set records

Options activity is continuing at a breakneck pace in January, building on 2020's record volumes. It is the latest sign of optimism cresting through markets as individual and institutional investors pick up bullish options to profit from stock gains and abandon bearish wagers.