Zero-day options are fueling the unprecedented volatility on Wall Street amid tariff chaos

Zero-day options are fueling the unprecedented volatility on Wall Street amid tariff chaos

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 11, 2025.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Wild intraday gyrations in stocks since “liberation day” have put investors more on edge than ever, and the popularity of zero-day-to-expiration options is partly to blame. Zero-day-to-expiration options are contracts that…

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Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings Q1 2025

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Monday.   Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $12.35 per share, according…

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Morgan Stanley (MS) Q1 2025 earnings

People walk out of the Morgan Stanley global headquarters in Manhattan on March 20, 2025 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Friday reported first-quarter results that topped estimates as stock trading revenue surged 45% amid rising global volatility. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings: $2.60 a share vs. $2.20…

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JPMorgan Chase (JPM) earnings Q1 2025

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the 2025 National Retirement Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects, according to LSEG: Earnings:…

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Jeremy Siegel says stocks are ‘not out of the woods’ yet due to difficult China negotiations ahead

President Donald Trump’s pause on reciprocal tariffs is not an all clear signal for investors to embrace risk assets again, according to Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. “We’re not out of the woods on the tariff,” Siegel said on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box .” “We’ll see what…

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‘Thank you on behalf of all Americans’

Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York on Nov. 28, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hedge fund mogul Bill Ackman let out a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump temporarily dropped some of…

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