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Wall Street Review: Stocks Experience a Roller Coaster Week

Investor sentiment swung as U.S.–China trade tensions, strong earnings, and concerns over the financial sector drove market volatility.
Wall Street Review: Stocks Experience a Roller Coaster Week
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Oct. 17, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Panos Mourdoukoutas
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Stocks demonstrated resilience this week, fueled by hopes of a potential easing of U.S.–China trade tensions and the anticipation of further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

Trading this week was volatile, as investor sentiment swung repeatedly between positive and negative. This was mainly because of conflicting headlines about U.S.–China trade disputes, which have been a major driver of market volatility in recent months.

Panos Mourdoukoutas
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.”