As a major support system for Wall Street, the Fed is going its own way these days, taking on the inflation fight. Its leading officials say it is pivotal to protect the U.S. economy, even if it...
Many currencies across the world sank to their weakest levels in years last week as surprisingly robust U.S. inflation data gave fresh impetus to a months-long rally in the dollar. Emerging-market...
The past week’s wild market swings pushed the major stocks indices below key levels, made big macro calls outdated within a few hours and rattled some of the market’s most resilient stocks.
The rising energy, food and services prices pushed the already-elevated US inflation to a 7.9% annual rate last month, leading to another four-decade high with oil and commodity market disruptions...
The stock market is heading into what promises to be a volatile second quarter, but April is traditionally the best month of the year for stocks. The Fed and other geopolitical tensions are expected...
Russia-Ukraine conflict sends the eurozone economy substantially lower, with both the Manufacturing PMI and Consumer Confidence Index sliding, while the Fed continues to raise rates. These factors...
Last week, the three major averages notched their best week since November 2020, boosted largely by growth stocks. The S&P 500 surged 6.1% from Monday to Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Facing both turbulent financial markets and raging inflation, the Federal Reserve will soon need to raise interest rates, for the first time in more than three years, as part of a broader tightening...
Stocks and U.S. equity futures slid on Monday, while havens including sovereign bonds rose, amid fears of an inflation shock in the world economy as oil soared on the prospect of a ban on Russian...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Unfortunately, we are not expecting love from Fed this week. Stocks are likely to be volatile in the week ahead as investors watch the tension between Russia and Ukraine and...
The Fed entered into the new year needing to reset its credibility to control inflation at nearly a 40-year high. It has been nimble since its hawkish turn last fall as it doubled the pace of QE...
The market’s focus will be on fourth-quarter earnings this week. Stronger profit growth for economically sensitive stocks compared to technology players is expected.
Bitcoin extended its slide into the weekend as the most speculative asset continues to be hit the hardest while the excesses of the last few years get wrung from global markets. Fed policy and...
US stocks are on track to end 2021 with another year of outsize gains. Many investors are not expecting a repeat in 2022.
Investors retreated from US stocks on Friday, dumping shares held in large technology companies and sending the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index sharply lower.
Investors have spent the past year learning to relax about the pandemic, lulled by abundant stimulus and expectations that vaccines would keep the virus in check. That sense of calm was shattered on...
Fundamental indicates that Gold may outperform the S&P 500 Index in the coming months as the threat of stagflation becomes real.
The US Federal Reserve is expected to announce that it will begin winding down the bond-buying program put in place last year, at the end of its 2nd to 3rd November 2021 policy meeting. Investors...
Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, sounded a note of heightened concern over persistently high inflation as he emphasized that the central bank would begin tapering its bond purchases shortly...
China's third-quarter GDP fell dramatically to 4.9%, down from 7.9% the previous quarter. The slower-than-expected GDP growth is due to a variety of factors, including policymakers' decision to...
