2026-05-02
5 分钟Look, when people start to gamify investing, right?
So when you think about people being rewarded with balloons and fireworks for trading,
which we know is the more you trade, the worse offer you 're going to be in the long run.
I'm Joe Davis.
And I'm Christine Kashkari.
And this is season two of Better Vantage by Vanguard,
an eight-part video podcast series hosted by custom content from WSJ and Vanguard.
Hey, listeners.
It's Saturday, May 2nd.
I'm Imani Moise for The Wall Street Journal.
And this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
Let 's dive in. Markets extended a multi-week run of record highs,
powered by a wave of earnings showing corporate America is still minting money,
even in the face of war, higher oil prices and more cautious consumer spending.
No biggie.
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished April with their biggest monthly gain since 2020
and kicked off May by hitting fresh records.
All three major indexes finished the week higher.
The Nasdaq was up 1.1%, the S&P rose 0.9%, and the Dow inched up 0.6%.
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