🔔 Ding, ding, ding — a brass bell marks the start and end of each trading day at the New York Stock Exchange. It’s not just for show — stock market officials say the bells celebrate the market’s resilience through the highs and lows, panic and euphoria, and ever-shifting tides of economic fortune.

“That bell is an important market,” the NYSE’s historian said. “It’s tradition. it’s very deeply rooted in our culture, and I think the culture of America.”

And for now, things look pretty great: Last week, stocks, gold, and bitcoin hit record highs.

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