Tesla is expected to announce another record quarter despite industrywide supply-chain woes as the world’s top maker of electric vehicles benefits from high gas prices pushing more buyers toward plug-in models.The company likely delivered 309,158 vehicles globally during the first three months of the year, according to a dozen analysts …
Read More »US Equities Drop As Strong US Data Boosts Fed Tightening Bets
US equities were on course to post a third successive day in the red on Friday as strong US labour market data and an inflationary ISM Manufacturing PMI report raised the prospect of a faster pace of Fed tightening this year and next. The S&P 500 was last trading about …
Read More »Should Markets Panic? Why Could T-yields Be Recession Warning?
One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession is shining brighter. The yield curve is watched for clues to how the bond market is feeling about the US economy’s long-term prospects. Should Markets Panic?Fed Chair Jerome Powell would say no. Last week, he said that he pays …
Read More »Oil is heading to record the largest weekly loss in two years
Oil prices fell on Friday, ahead of a meeting of member states of the International Energy Agency to discuss the withdrawal of strategic oil reserves, coinciding with a massive planned withdrawal of reserves in the United States. Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate crude are heading for their biggest …
Read More »Japan shares fall, affected by the decline of Wall Street and profit taking
Japanese stocks fell on Friday, dragged down by Wall Street’s slump, while investors continued a profit-taking spree after big gains last month. The Nikkei index fell 0.56 percent to close at 27,665.98 points, and the index fell 1.7 percent during the week. The broader Topix index fell 0.11 percent to …
Read More »The ruble rises for the ninth session
The Russian ruble rose for the ninth straight session in Moscow, closing near 83 to the dollar on Thursday, and stocks jumped as some limits on short-selling were lifted, with the market focusing on the effects of Moscow’s demand to pay for its gas exports in rubles. The ruble rose …
Read More »Zelensky Comments On Ukraine’s Crisis
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said ”the situation in the south and the Donbas region remained extremely difficult and reiterated that Russia was building up forces near the besieged city of Mariupol.”“There will be battles ahead. We still need to go down a very difficult path to get everything …
Read More »US Shares Retreat On Dismal Market Sentiment
US equities are recording losses in the North American session as Wall Street is about to finish March on a lower note. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite are falling between 0.30% and 0.43%, each one sitting at 4,576.32, 35075.94, and 15,014.01 respectivelyObviously, a …
Read More »Oil plunges, global stocks fall as risk appetite flags
Global stocks fell on Thursday as recession concerns and the Russian-Ukranian war curbed demand for risky assets, while oil prices plunged over $5 on news that the United States may release some of its emergency oil reserves.With Thursday’s drop, US and European stocks are set for their worst quarterly performance …
Read More »Nikki relegates and records the biggest quarterly loss in two years
Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Thursday, posting its worst quarterly performance in two years. The Nikkei closed down 0.73 percent to 27,821.43 points. The broader Topix index fell 1.08 percent to 1,946.40 points. On a quarterly basis, the Nikkei lost 3.37 percent, its biggest decline since the quarter ending in …
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