Global Stock Market

Wall Street stocks were mixed early on Monday as bond yields rose and Chinese GDP numbers disappointed.The Dow opened 42.30 points weaker on Monday, cutting into gains recorded at the tail end of last week on the back of a better than anticipated start to the third-quarter earnings season.Dow was …

The U.S. economy will be battling a continued slowdown in 2022 as it contends with sticky inflation and supply chain bottlenecks.Growth is clearly slowing. Obviously the U. S. has passed the peak growth rate, but it’s a relatively graduate slowdown. A number of economists have cut their 2021 GDP growth …

The U. S. economy faces some problems. A pandemic is barrier, but has not developed into a financial crisis yet because it has not damaged credit markets or household balance sheets, as the housing bubble of the early 2000s did. Instead, the pandemic caused a sharp, brief recession.Today, the unemployment …

European stocks were lower on Monday after rising commodity prices raised concerns sparked by a deepening energy crisis, while weak weekly data from China kept fears of slowing economic growth. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 percent by 0707 GMT after an upbeat start to the quarterly earnings season …

Japanese stocks closed slightly lower on Monday, October 18th, as investors took profits after the latest rally but car makers posted gains after Toyota hinted that it may meet its full-year production target despite a lack of chips. Investors have also been cautious as uncertainty grows over China’s economy as …

The head of the ECB banking supervision, Andrea Enria said there has been “an increase in vulnerabilities” in some countries’ residential real estate and an increase in cheap loans, have overheated the real estate market in many places, leading to an increased risk of a bubble.The European Central Bank has …

Baker Hughes data on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil climbed by 12 to 445 this week. This data followed increases throughout the last five weeks.Active U.S. rig count, including natural gas ones, climbed by 10 to stand at a total of 543 according …

Earnings could decide mid-October market status, as dozens of companies will report their financial statements next week.The companies reporting next week will include Tesla and Netflix in addition to blue chips Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Intel and Honeywell.The nervous trading pattern of October has shaken U. …

U. S. Shares closed higher again on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its best week since July. The benchmark index added 0.7% and ended the week up 1.8%. Encouraging reports on the economy and corporate earnings helped the market keep steady following unstable weeks.J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Goldman …

Wall Street banks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic-era trading, fueled by the Federal Reserve’s massive injection of cash into the markets.The central bank is nearing the time to wind down its asset purchases, tapering, as banks are getting ready to profit again as increased volatility encourages …