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He also noted that over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 has never spent 10 straight trading days below its 200-day moving average while being 7% away from a 52-week high.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The past quarter-century has hosted a dizzying array of innovation, as the cutting edge of technology moved from Palm Pilots and flip phones to mobile internet, artificial intelligence, genome sequencing and so much more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Cunningham, who launched the space last year, said it enabled people to "still be employed in roles that in the past might have required presence in a city office".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The price of Bitcoin was up less than 1% over the past 24 hours, hovering below $67,000.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

It does look past its due date, but I’m not admitting that to him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam