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Good morning. Today is Sunday, April 3rd, 2022. Welcome to this edition of Wall Street

breakfast. I'm Laura and Izo. Coming up on today's show, could Fed hikes be a sign of a looming recession? U.S. President

Joe Biden is laying out new plans to tax the rich. Hospitals are heading into

turbulence as COVID emissions drop and Tesla's production is

hitting record numbers so far this year as the company navigates the post-pandemic

world.

Now before we get to our top stories of the week, let's take a look at some important market updates.

This week, the S&P 500 squeaked out a slight gain while the Dow Jones edged slightly lower and the NASDAQ gained 0.6 percent. After the three benchmarks indexes closed the first negative

quarter for stocks in two years.

Robin Hood shares spiked 24% this week as the company increased its extended trading

session by four hours, meaning customers will now be able to trade

from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Popular brokersages like TD Ameritrade already offer those hours, while other trading apps like Weebel even

feature a trading session that starts at 4 a.m. It's all part of Robin Hood's vision

to enable 24-7 investing and will likely mean more trading volumes for the company

and of course higher profits. It can also work in favor of Night Owl or Early Bird

traders that employ momentum strategies or catalyst-driven training.

Now let's get to our top stories.

Could the United States be headed to a recession?

The yield on the two-year Treasury briefly exceeded the

ten year on Tuesday for the first time since 2019 in a warning sign that coming

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