US Markets

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. 

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.

Bitcoin is 'most crowded' trade: survey

Big-money managers say too many investors have piled into the red-hot cryptocurrency bitcoin at the start of 2021, according to a Bank of America survey conducted in January.