Dow is Down Around 1,800 Points After Last Two Sessions
Chad Morganlander is a Portfolio Manager at Washington Crossing Advisors. Morganlander joins to discuss what's next for the stock market after the Dow has lost 1800 points over the last two trading sessions.
Morganlander says investors need to keep perspective. When it comes to advice for the average investor, Morganlander does not advise pulling out all of your money. He says you should keep your investments for the companies that do not carry a lot of debt and are trustworthy.
Even though Morganlander said he expected this to happen, the problem is you never know exactly when it is going to happen.
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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