3 stats that show how wild April has been for markets
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images This month has provided more than a few twists and turns for markets. Stocks embarked upon a torrid rally back to record highs, while oil saw a V-shaped bounce above $120. Detailed below are three market moves that show just how wild April was. A lot has happened since the beginning of April. The US sent a spacecraft around the moon and back. They had Coachella (twice) and also Stagecoach . Spirit Airlines was pushed to the brink of bankruptcy, and now the US government wants to bail it out . Life comes at you fast. When you include the Iran war and its assorted developments, we really packed a lot into a single month. And that doesn't even include the madness in markets, which churned out historically impressive superlatives seemingly on a daily basis. There have been streaks galore in stocks , which rallied off multi-month March 30 lows with a rarely seen ferocity. Markets have had a moment in April, and the moves to go along...
