Dow Closes Down More than 300 Points on the Day of the State of the Union
The Dow closed today down more than 300 points. The major dip occurred on the same day as President Trump's first State of the Union address.
Stepehn Massocca is a managing director at Wedbush Equity Management. He joins Cheddar to break down the major dip.
When asked if he expects this dip to continue, Massocca says he thinks it will depend a lot on the fixed income market. That being said, Massocca does not anticipate a continued decline.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
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