The “Big Short” movie star Michael Burry returned to Twitter Friday. After earlier remarks about inflation, SEC and Fed policies, the movie star who is also CEO of Scion Asset Management says that Elon Musk has wrong calculations and had it not quite right with his Rivian comments.Earlier in the …
Read More »APEC Leaders Tackle Economic Recovery, COVID-19, Climate
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum vowed on Friday to address economic recovery in the region by shoring up supply chains.The summit is tackling labour issues and continuing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit is held amid heightened U.S.-China tensions.Biden and Xi expected to meet virtually …
Read More »S&P 500 opened higher before U. S. Data
Wall Street’s main indexes trade in the positive territory on Friday. Tech shares push higher after the opening bell.Major equity indexes in the U. S. started the last day of the week in the positive territory on the back of improving market sentiment. The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street’s fear …
Read More »U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops on Inflation Concerns
U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early November to the lowest level in 10 years as surging inflation cut into households’ living standards, with few believing policymakers are taking sufficient steps to mitigate the accelerating inflation.The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 66.8 in its preliminary November reading, released …
Read More »EU Ready To Handle Any Issue Within NI protocol
Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič, in public comments regarding Brexit negotiations, said that the European Union is willing and ready to look at any issue that is within the Northern Ireland protocol.Šefčovič has added that problems should be tackled one at a time, perhaps starting with medicines …
Read More »Musk Sells More Tesla Shares After Twitter Vote
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold more shares of the electric car maker, selling nearly $5 billion in shares following a Twitter poll, regulatory disclosures showed. Musk, the world’s richest person and the largest shareholder in Tesla, had said on Twitter at the weekend that he would sell 10% of …
Read More »Japanese Stocks Close Higher
Technology shares supported the Tokyo Stock Exchange to close higher, with investors eager to buy, but the rise in the Tokyo Stock Exchange was lagged by global shares on concerns about the impact of increased costs on corporate profits. The Nikkei index rose 1.13%, recording 2,9609.97 points, to continue its …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 11-11-2021
Gold has shifted after the latest round of hot than expected U.S. inflation data and here’s what to watch with the latest surge higher.There’s a fundamental change of language as solid CPI data previously meant faster tapering schedule, consequently lower gold, the new prevalent language has become: strong CPI = …
Read More »S&P 500 Stabilizes With Gains
Trading conditions on Thursday were limited, with many investors away for Veteran’s Day. Bond markets have been closed. The S&P 500 index started the U. S. session above 4660 but has gradually been lower to around the 4650 mark, where it trades with one the day gains of about 0.1%. …
Read More »Will Germany Impose Lockdown Again?
Germany was once looked upon as a best example of how to deal with the coronavirus. Now, it is recording close to 50,000 new Covid cases a day, prompting a dire warning of a dramatic rise in fatalities during the fourth wave of Covid, as the delta variant spreads as …
Read More »