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This is a question for the CEO of Alphabet. (If you’re not Sundar Pichai, keep scrolling.) As chart enthusiasts, we desperately needed to know why, when we search the web for a stock and use Google Finance’s “year to date” return function on its interactive module, the calculation is always, bafflingly, wrong. For example, the feature shows that Dollar Tree is down 1.5% year to date, but by our calculations, it’s actually up 0.5% year to date. So we pulled out our calculators and figured out what Google Finance is doing wrong. 

Yesterday saw a volatile but positive session for stocks on Liberation Day Eve. The S&P 500 gained 0.4%, the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.8%, and the Russell 2000 erased a loss of 1.2% to finish in the green. Healthcare was the worst-performing S&P 500 sector ETF, while consumer discretionary and tech led the way higher. All members of the Magnificent 7 rallied.

Today Tesla announces its quarterly sales — even if you might want to reconsider those consensus sales estimates — and if that’s not enough excitement for you, at 4 p.m. ET, the White House will announce what’s actually happening on those tariffs.