Stock Markets
U.S. stocks extended recent gains this week, ending higher
for the fifth week in a row. The continued signs of progress with U.S.-China
trade negotiations accompanied by better-than-expected corporate earnings for
the season, have helped ease the fears of recession for the whole month and
moved...
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to start cutting interest rates by the end of the second quarter despite recent “hotter than expected” inflation data, according to Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco.
Asia-Pacific markets largely fell Friday after producer prices in the U.S. grew at a faster than expected 0.6% in February.
Excluding food and energy prices, core PPI climbed 0.3% in February. Economists polled by Dow Jones had...
Stock Markets
The fact that US stocks finished the week lower seems to
weigh on concerns that U.S. trade tensions with China are expected to be
prolonged. The broad sentiment across economic reports suggest that global
growth is showing signs of slowing. Lower oil prices pushed energy...
Stock Markets
The S&P 500 rallied 4.4% as stocks finished higher for
the best weekly gain in the last six months. However, bond yields declined to
the lowest levels in nearly two years. Increased expectations of a Fed rate
cut, positive response to the U.S. and Mexico...
Stock Markets
Stock markets closed at near new all-time highs last week
after the U.S. and Iran recoiled and avoided expected escalation in
geopolitical tensions. Iran took retaliatory steps for the death of its general
with missile strikes against U.S. military bases in Iraq. There were no
casualties,...
Stock Markets
U.S. stocks and the global group all rose this week buoyed
by optimism that Chinese and U.S. officials had made real progress in
negotiations late in the week. They expect that the groundwork for a truce on
additional tariffs will allay further volatility. There were...
Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes — offer shoppers a contactless method to complete their purchases.
Because digital wallets store encrypted debit and/or credit card...
Stock Markets
In the final week of 2019, stocks rose yet again as several
major indexes hit fresh record highs. Volatility remained under control and
stocks continued upward as we moved to year-end. There are, at present, no
major catalysts or economic issues to disrupt the market...
