Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.

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The stock market has been on a very bizarre rollercoaster since 2025 started, and it’s got all of Wall Street panicking. Well anyone but Warren Buffett. Anyway, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are both down by over 10%,