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A Wall Street firm sees a bumpy yet rewarding wave with semiconductor stocks in 2022 and named Nvidia stock its top pick. Several analysts are still optimistic about semiconductor stocks, despite their recent downturn. Some go further to call semiconductors the new oil of the rapidly digitizing global economy.Semiconductors do …

An investor’s mind is a funny thing when it comes to risk-return judgment. Research on risk-aversion has found that most investors dislike losses more than they find joy from gains. The result from this is that the magnitude of market selloffs pushed by news are worse than the velocity of …

The price of bitcoin fell at one point Monday to its lowest low since September 2021, as rising rates continue leading investors to shed positions in risky, growth-oriented assets.Bitcoin fell as much as 6% to touch a low of $39,771.91, according to Coin Metrics, but has since reclaimed some of …

UK stock markets shed 0.5% to close at 7,445 on Monday, in line with its European peers, as investors across the globe traded cautiously awaiting another US inflation data later this week that could provide further guidance on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path.US policymakers are now expected to raise …

Pressured by the rise of the US dollar, gold reversed its uptrend on Monday to record a drop to 1793 dollars per ounce, compared to the last closing, which recorded 1795 dollars per ounce.The precious metal rose to its highest level throughout the first trading session of this week at …

US consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead remained at a record 6% in December of 2021, the same as in November. Home price expectations rose to 5.5% from 5% in November but remained below their May 2021 peak. Also, uncertainty and disagreement about future inflation decreased and expectations about …

The S&P 500 Index has dipped under 4600 and is down by another more than 1.5% as the equity downturn continues. Concerns about Fed’s tightening policy and higher US bond yields continue to be the main driver of the selling. The equity bears have picked up where they left off …

Wholesale inventories in the United States rose 1.4 percent from a month earlier to $771.09 billion in November of 2021, above a preliminary estimate of 1.2 percent. Increases were seen in inventories of durables (2.1 percent), namely machinery (1.2 percent), automotive (2.7 percent) and professional equipment (0.9 percent). Also, stocks …

Canada’s main stock index, the S&P/TSX, fell to three-week lows below the 21,000 mark, amid a global risk-off sentiment fueled by growing concerns that the Federal Reserve will bring forward rate hike plans. Technology stocks dipped 2.3%, falling for the sixth session in a row as bond yields continue to …

Eurozone’s investor sentiment unexpectedly improved in the first month of 2022, the latest data published by the Sentix research group showed on Monday. The gauge jumped to 14.9 in January from 13.5 in December vs. a drop to 12.0 expected. The index rebounded sharply from the lowest levels since April …