{"id":257043,"date":"2021-12-13T16:49:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=257043"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:49:42","slug":"cautious-investors-pressure-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/cautious-investors-pressure-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cautious investors pressure stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Markets began the week on a negative note as cautious investors sold growth stocks and other classes ahead of the U.S. Fed&#8217;s comments on Wednesday. The Fed&#8217;s Jerome Powell is expected to accelerate tapering and re-address the timeline to hike interest rates in 2022, both driven by current strong inflation numbers. On Monday, the Dow closed -0.89%, the S&amp;P -0.91% and the Nasdaq -1.39%. Besides tech, industrials and financials also sold off on Wall Street while healthcare names moved into the green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/126\/BA-N\">Boeing<\/a> dove 3.5% as many travel names sank, including <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6060\/ABNB-Q\">Airbnb<\/a> by 5.43% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4769\/AAL-Q\">American Airlines<\/a> by 5.08%. Meme stocks, once hot earlier this year, continued to tank. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3512\/GME-N\">Gamestop<\/a> slid nearly 14% during the session. Meanwhile, Wall Street kept an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4\/AAPL-Q\">Apple<\/a> which flirted briefly with a $3-trillion market cap, but declined 2% by the close.<\/p>\n<p>Losses in Toronto were shallower, given how WTI crude retrenched a modest 0.66% to $71 per barrel while WCS actually inched into the positive to $55. Like Wall Street, tech, financials and industrials also weakened though materials were in the green. The rails traded the most hands, but declined: <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/308\/CP-T\">CP<\/a> closed -2.23% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/287\/CNR-T\">CN<\/a> -3.45%. <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1176\/SU-T\">Suncor<\/a> finished -2.36% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1571\/CPG-T\">Crescent Point<\/a> -4.3%. Moving up, however, were <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3066\/FNV-T\">Franco-Nevada<\/a> at 2.28%, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/690\/KL-T\">Kirkland Lake Gold<\/a> by 2.62% and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/38\/AEM-T\">Agnico Eagle<\/a> at 3.07%<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f6eb; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/126\/BA-N\">Boeing (BA-N)<\/a> -3.5%<br \/>\n&#x1f9f3; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/6060\/ABNB-Q\">Airbnb (ABNB-Q)<\/a> -5.43%<br \/>\n&#x2708; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4769\/AAL-Q\">American Airlines Group (AAL-Q)<\/a> -5.08%<br \/>\n&#x1f3ae; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3512\/GME-N\">GameStop Corp. (GME-N)<\/a> -14%<br \/>\n&#x1f34e; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/4\/AAPL-Q\">Apple (AAPL-Q)<\/a> -2%<br \/>\n&#x1f682; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/308\/CP-T\">Canadian Pacific Rail (CP-T)<\/a> -2.23%<br \/>\n&#x1f682; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/287\/CNR-T\">Canadian National R.R. (CNR-T)<\/a> -3.45%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1176\/SU-T\">Suncor Energy Inc (SU-T)<\/a> -2.36%<br \/>\n&#x1f6e2; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/1571\/CPG-T\">Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG-T)<\/a> -4.3%<br \/>\n&#x1f947; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/3066\/FNV-T\">Franco-Nevada Corp. (FNV-T)<\/a> +2.28%<br \/>\n&#x1f947; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/690\/KL-T\">Kirkland Lake Gold (KL-T)<\/a> +2.62%<br \/>\n&#x26cf; <a href=\"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/company\/view\/38\/AEM-T\">Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T)<\/a> +3.07%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markets began the week on a negative note as cautious investors sold growth stocks and other classes ahead of the U.S. Fed&#8217;s comments on Wednesday. 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