Dow sees worst start to a year since 2016 as Fed rate-cut hopes fade for 2025
The Dow DJIA dropped almost 700 points Friday, booking a back-to-back weekly decline that left it down 1.4% so far in January. That marked the index’s worst performance over the first six trading days of a year since 2016, when it slumped 5.9%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.