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James48

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Mon Aug 5, 2024, 07:26 AM Aug 2024

Dow futures drop 1000 points, Nasdaq 100 futures lose 5% as global market rout picks up steam: Live updates [View all]

Source: Yahoo news

U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday as part of a global market sell-off centered around U.S. recession fears. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunged 12% in its worst day since the 1987 Black Monday crash for Wall Street.

Here's where U.S. stock market futures stand at the moment:

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 1,099 points, or 2.8%, following a 611-point loss on Friday.
S&P 500 futures are down 3.1% after the benchmark lost 1.8% on Friday.
Nasdaq-100 futures lost 5.5% as big tech stocks got hit hard in early trading.
Fears of a U.S. recession were the main culprit for the global market meltdown after Friday's disappointing July jobs report. Investors are also concerned that the Federal Reserve is behind in cutting interest rates to bolster an economic slowdown, with the central bank choosing instead to keep rates at the highest in two decades last week

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-today-nasdaq-futures-sink-4-dow-futures-cascade-down-as-global-sell-off-intensifies-113202522.html



https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/04/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

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Japan stock market dropped 12% overnight James48 Aug 2024 #1
Nikkei down 25.5% from July 11 close progree Aug 2024 #18
its the rapid unwinding of the carry trade moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #35
Time to buy yet? multigraincracker Aug 2024 #2
Don't try to catch a falling knife Xipe Totec Aug 2024 #29
Watch how quickly that happens...... n/t Bengus81 Aug 2024 #31
A recession by September would be a gift for Trump. Deliberate? Lonestarblue Aug 2024 #3
Don-the-Con has been bragging that... Wuddles440 Aug 2024 #6
Yep. Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #10
It takes two consecutive quarters of negative GDP to meet criteria for a recession Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #13
Hardly. Especially since it seems to be worldwide. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #20
LOL VBNMW Aug 2024 #41
Is Trump going to take credit for this too? IronLionZion Aug 2024 #4
Rethug hedge funds Beachnutt Aug 2024 #5
Stock market, stock market CountAllVotes Aug 2024 #7
Yeah. When retirement is involved. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #21
This is not good for us kansasobama Aug 2024 #8
This is reaction to interest rates and unemployment bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #9
Iran might also contribute. Though war is generally great for the economy. Unfortunately. Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #11
F****** Ultra Rich Gaming the market trying to cash in on false predictions. Ford_Prefect Aug 2024 #12
Agreed penbo Aug 2024 #34
People have short memories- market took a bigger dump in the spring and recovered to record highs. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2024 #14
Japan's surprise rate hike started to snowball late last week mathematic Aug 2024 #15
It has been a recession is coming ever since doc03 Aug 2024 #16
ita c aouple of things moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #17
Buffet's Apple stock had quadrupled in value unc70 Aug 2024 #28
i bought some today moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #32
My understanding is the market has been due for a "correction" for some time now.... SKKY Aug 2024 #19
it has been moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #33
Yes--market was way too hot to be sustained crimycarny Aug 2024 #43
S&P 500 5168, down 8.8% from 7/11/24 all-time high of 5667 progree Aug 2024 #22
Big money cashing in. Everyone else gets hind tit or none at all. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #23
There's no future to trade Ponietz Aug 2024 #24
The stock market has almost no bearing on working people. Other than corporations always raising prices after they onecaliberal Aug 2024 #25
Guess how union pension funds are invested. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #26
401k, IRA, Roth, Pension. Most working people have at least one. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #30
lol, no they don't. Most people don't have 400.00 for an emergency. onecaliberal Aug 2024 #36
Seventy million people have them. Laugh on. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #37
170 million don't n/t Cheezoholic Aug 2024 #45
I wasn't entering a contest for the most. twodogsbarking Aug 2024 #46
Most people don't for sure. onecaliberal Aug 2024 #48
Even people who do not directly have money in stocks are the beneficiaries of people who do. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #50
You know that simply is not true right? Jk23 Aug 2024 #47
It does for people nearing or in retirement. At least it does for my parents XorXor Aug 2024 #49
I am also spooked but here is some good kansasobama Aug 2024 #27
Shares in New York and London tumble on fears of US recession SupportSanity Aug 2024 #38
Global selloff: Wall Street plunges, as FTSE 100 posts biggest fall since January - business live SupportSanity Aug 2024 #39
Largest daily point drops in DOW history: LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2024 #40
I kinda excuse the 2020 ones though Polybius Aug 2024 #44
Not What Is Happening DallasNE Aug 2024 #42
The market is up today iemanja Aug 2024 #51
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