Traders work on the floor of at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on October 31, 2018 in New York. Bryan R. Smith | AFP | Getty Images The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, …

The Facebook app is displayed on the screen of an iPhone. Fabian Sommer | picture alliance | Getty Images Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and even LinkedIn have pushed out “lite” versions — smaller and simpler iterations of their platforms — and that has everything to do with emerging markets, analysts …

Scott Olson | Getty Images As Wall Street economists up the odds for a recession in the coming year, the bond market is sending its own scary warning about an economic downturn. Various parts of the yield curve have been inverted, but the traditionally watched 2-year to 10-year spread looks …

Panoramic Images | Getty Images Many global investors are turning toward Silicon Valley instead of Wall Street in search of returns. The total invested in private markets hit all-time highs last year and continues to break multi-decade records this year. In the first half of the year, total investments in …

President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd of supporters during a campaign rally at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Nov. 5, 2018. Carlos Barria | Reuters Trade, immigration, health-care policy, jobs and the economy — these are the political issues over which elections are often …

The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Michael Khouw and Carter Worth illustrated buying a put spread in Walmart. Dan Nathan broke down a call calendar in Cisco. Khouw also looked at buying a put spread in the S&P 500 ETF.  Disclosure Trader …

1. Dow set to open nearly 200 points lower on trade-war concerns Trader Thomas Lee works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Richard Drew | AP U.S. stock futures were pointing to nearly 200-point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the …

From left, Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida on Feb. 12, 2000. Davidoff Studios Photography | Archive Photos | Getty Images …

Corn and soybean farmer William Hejl checks one of his soybean fields in Amenia, North Dakota, July 6, 2018. Dan Koeck | Reuters U.S. farmers lost one of their biggest customers this week after China officially cancelled all purchases of U.S. agricultural products, a retaliatory move following President Donald Trump’s …

Executive Creators and Producers of “Game of Thrones”, David Benioff, George R. R. Martin and D.B Weiss attend the “Game Of Thrones” Season 8 NY Premiere on April 3, 2019 in New York City. Jeff Kravitz | FilmMagic, Inc | Getty Images “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. …