Answering your stock market questions: What to know about Wall Street trading as Trump sticks with tariffs
Stocks fell sharply at the market open Monday morning, briefly recovered, but then continued the descent that started last week when President Donald Trump announced far-reaching tariffs on imported goods.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 2.1%, the Nasdaq had fallen 1.4% and the S&P 500 was down 1.6% as of 10:45 a.m.
As Long Islanders weather the latest stock market turmoil, here are answers to some key questions:
Jonathan LaMantia covers residential real estate and other business news on Long Island. He previously covered the business of health care for Crain's New York Business.
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