As this special report shows, financial innovation has transformed Wall Street. As in eras past, surging asset values have concealed cracks in the new financial order. Whatever dangers are lurking, Mr Trump’s presidency will make them more dangerous still. ■

Newly sworn-in Social Security chief Frank Bisignano, who previously was a Wall Street executive, told staffers he had to Google the SSA job when it was offered to him.

The bond market has a sleepy reputation, but it can pack a punch when alarmed. And worries are now growing about tax cuts pushed by Washington and how they'll inflate the U.S. government's debt.

"Major financial events often happen first in Japan, for example the late-1990s tech bubble bursting first in Japan," Albert Edwards wrote Thursday.

Wall Street, however, has calmed down. And it was not so panicked in the first place. During the recent turbulence, the VIX, a fear gauge, hit only its 24th-highest monthly level in the past 35 years. The index measures expected volatility for American stocks, based on the price investors pay for insurance.

Bond yields inched higher and Wall Street flipped from small gains to losses before the opening bell Thursday after rising U.S. debt sank markets on the previous day. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% in premarket trading, while futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each slid 0.3%.

Wall Street mostró signos de estabilización solo un día después de una venta masiva de bonos del Tesoro que sacudió los mercados de todo el mundo. Las acciones muestran ligeras fluctuaciones y los bonos repuntan desde los mínimos de la sesión.

UnitedHealth Group is under pressure again after The Guardian reported that the managed care giant secretly paid nursing homes.

A. Wall Street's own view of U.S. creditworthiness signals that debt ratings should be closer to BBB+ when looking at credit-default swaps, a popular way investors hedge the risk of a company or a country defaulting on its debts.

Residents balked at a small traffic circle at Greenlawn Avenue and Wall Street near Potawatomi Park, saying it may worsen traffic.