News Analysis
Volatility continued this week on Wall Street, with stocks posting losses despite a decline in Treasury bond yields. The Dow Jones Industrials and the tech-heavy Nasdaq led the losses on mixed earnings and economic reports.
Weekly Market Review: Stocks Post Losses Despite Falling Treasury Yields
Health care and tech stocks were the biggest losers, while financial shares posted gains.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 17, 2025. Timothy Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Panos Mourdoukoutas is a professor of economics at Long Island University in New York City. He also teaches security analysis at Columbia University. He’s been published in professional journals and magazines, including Forbes, Investopedia, Barron's, IBT, and Journal of Financial Research. He’s also the author of many books, including “Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy” and “China's Challenge.”
