The S&P 500 index, a proxy for the health of retirement and college savings accounts, has climbed by 0.4% for its sixth successive gain to close as solid earnings stir investors’ expectations and appetite.S&P 500 closed at 4,536.19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.4% to 35,609.34 and Nasdaq …
Read More »Poll: 62% of Americans hold Biden’s policies responsible for inflation
62 percent of Americans hold Joe Biden as responsible for increasing inflation and believe the country is economically on the wrong track.A new poll released Wednesday said that Biden’s policies are responsible for inflation, which has hit its highest rate in 13 years.Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 18 percent believe …
Read More »Fed’s Beige Book: Supply chain roars and labor shortage slows economic growth
U.S. economic growth slowed as a result of supply chain disruptions and a growing labor shortage according to a fresh Federal Reserve report. Fed’s Beige Book is a region by region compilation of economic information. In its latest edition issued Wednesday, Fed reported that several districts noted that growth overall …
Read More »Market Drivers – European Session 20-10-2021
The European trading session, on Wednesday, was quiet for the second consecutive day. The U. S. dollar became further steadier earlier in the European session, but it is now following a more mixed trading pattern, with the sterling tracking lower as it moved away from key resistance near 1.3800.Gold’s gains …
Read More »US Stock Index Futures Rise
U.S. stock index futures were higher in overnight trading on Wednesday, as investors are watching the rise in the US bond yield, and investors are also awaiting the release of more results from the work of some major US companies, led by Tesladue after the market closes today. During today’s …
Read More »European Shares Falling Affected by Weak Results
European shares fell on Wednesday, as weak earnings from French luxury goods company Kering and Dutch semiconductor ASML outweighed strong results from Nestle and other companies. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.1 percent, although Asian shares rose, supported by a strong Wall Street close on Tuesday. And Kering’s …
Read More »Japan Shares Give up Most of The Gains as US Bond Yields Rise
Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, October 20, buoyed by a strong close on Wall Street, but gave up most of the gains as investors grew cautious about weak US futures contracts and higher yields on Treasuries. The Nikkei index increased by 0.14% to close at 29,255.55 points, after rising by …
Read More »Q3 Earnings surge, signaling significant market improvement
Earnings of major banks and companies have tended to decide both the market status and sentiment since mid-October, as dozens of companies either already reported of will report their financial statements next week and through early November.NetflixIn a solid beat, Netflix shares were on the uptrend after the bell on …
Read More »Wall Street surges as earnings stir risk appetite
U. .S. stock indexes surged on Tuesday over positive results from several companies. Earnings have stirred up risk appetite, after big banks had announced third quarter positive earnings last week.The S&P 500 index is now 0.7% away from a record high hit last September, while investors hope that a flow …
Read More »European Shares Rise on Tech
European shares rose on Tuesday as technology stocks rose, tracking overnight gains from their Wall Street peers, offsetting losses in Swedish and healthcare firms’ Ericsson shares. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.1 percent by 0708 GMT, with technology shares gaining 0.7 percent. Telecom equipment maker Ericsson fell 3 …
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