The Nikkei index reversed course to close higher on Monday as investors snapped up cheaper stocks after a rally in US stock futures, but the rally was limited by caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week. The Nikkei rose 0.24 percent to 27,588.37 points. Earlier, the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 21-01-2022
The US dollar declined on Friday, along with US Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for more clarity on the outlook for rate hikes.US Treasury yields fell as stock market declines reflected poor risk appetite, while concerns about potential conflict in Ukraine drove demand …
Read More »IMF Warns China Over Cost Of COVID Lockdowns
China, the world’s second largest economy, should review its zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic or risk damaging the global recovery, according to the head of International Monetary Fund.Kristalina Georgieva said Beijing should reassess the use of lockdowns to limit the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant since it became …
Read More »US Equities Drop As Investors Startled By Poor Netflix Guidance
US equity markets continued to sell off on Friday, as downbeat earnings from tech giant Netflix weighed on sentiment and its competitors. NFLX shares dropped over 20% on Friday after the company on Thursday issued significantly worse than expected guidance for subscriber growth in Q1 2022. That weighed on other …
Read More »Why Tesla Stock Dropped Before Earnings
On Wednesday, 26 January, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will report its Q4 earnings for fiscal year 2021, so the fact that Tesla stock is falling today does not foreshadow particularly well. Tesla stock is trading down 2.5%, about five times worse than the decline on the broader Nasdaq index.Why Tesla stock is …
Read More »Can Banks’ Earnings Challenge Interest Rates, Omicron’s Impact?
3 Bank Stocks Win Q4 Earnings Season This bank earnings season has winners and losers, but the winners could not be more different. Of the six big banks that posted Q4 results this month, only three saw their stocks rise on their respective earnings day, this applies on Morgan Stanley …
Read More »How Will Stocks Trend After Q4 Earnings?
This week, Wall Street is facing sharp volatility as investors and market participants keep their fingers crossed while awaiting a hawkish FOMC meeting on 25-26 January. However, the fourth-quarter 2021 earnings season is gathering pace with better-than-expected results so far.Earnings results are expected to stay strong this time around. Six …
Read More »US leading indicators climb 0.8% despite omicron’s Impact
The US economy has kept growing in the face of the rapid spread of omicron. The US leading index rose a solid 0.8% in December, signaling steady growth even as the record spread of the omicron virus nibbled at the edges of the economy. Economists polled by The Wall Street …
Read More »Disappointing Earnings Against Expectations For Netflix
Netflix missed Wall Street expectations for new subscribers at the end of last year and delivered a weaker-than-expected forecast in early 2022, as competition intensified in the battle for viewers of its online streaming services. The world’s largest streaming service added 8.3 million subscribers from October to December, when it …
Read More »Japan Shares Fall Due to The Decline in The Technology Sector
Japanese shares fell on Friday, dragged down by losses in the technology sector, after the Nasdaq index fell 1 percent in the evening, on fears related to inflation and higher interest rates, which undermined the appetite for risk. The Nikkei index closed down 0.9 percent to 27,522.26 points, after dropping …
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