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Securities

From dabblers to day traders, individual investors’ impact on Wall Street grows

Meme stocks aside, years of mostly uninterrupted, strong stock market gains provided an attractive backdrop for more people to take up investing.

Contempt for Musk clouds jury selection in Twitter takeover trial

Twitter investors say that Musk manipulated the market during his takeover of the social media platform with misleading tweets and statements.

Ups and downs for Boeing investors

CHICAGO — Boeing shareholders won and lost in Illinois federal court Tuesday in two lawsuits over safety problems with the 737 MAX. One class of investors was able to secure an order that the company must amend its privilege log, which they said was riddled with boilerplate descriptions and improper privilege claims. Another, copycat lawsuit was dismissed however because it was brought by a firm expressly formed to pursue claims that two investment funds assigned to it, but never itself bought or sold any Boeing stock, so it lacks standing to sue.

Bitcoin’s monthslong slide continues, hitting fresh 15-month low of $67,000

American Bitcoin, in which Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. hold a stake, fell 6.6% and is now down more than 80% since Oct. 7.

Funko investors win appeal

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit revived some claims in a putative class action filed by Funko shareholders after the company lost more than half of its value due to the write-off of millions of its excess Pop! collectible figurines. The appellate court ruled that the shareholders can pursue their claims that Funko misled them regarding the state of its inventory management and the use of its existing information technology systems.

In a test of power, Trump and Petro will meet at the White House

Once open antagonists, the U.S. and Colombian presidents now face off at the White House, where peace negotiations and domestic politics will shape a high-stakes encounter.