US major equity indexes opened the new trading week on a calm note near last week’s closing levels. The S&P 500 index was up 10 points to 4,542, almost unchanged on the day after giving up modest gains recorded after the opening bell on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Read More »Gold Hovers Near $1800 an Ounce
Gold prices approached levels of $1800 an ounce Monday, October 25th, which is considered an important level for investors, influenced by the dollar’s decline, and investors were preoccupied with assessing the possible response of the US Federal Reserve to inflationary pressures after its Chairman said that inflation may continue for …
Read More »S&P 500 slides over comments by Fed’s Powell
The S&P 500 erased previous daily gains and dropped 0.12%, settling at 4,544.36, shortly after Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell had admitted that the central bank keeps monitoring price pressures carefully and would act as required.As the S&P500 cash market opened, the market mood was upbeat, with the three major U. …
Read More »Fed’s Powell: It’s time to start tapering, interest rate: not yet
Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, said on Friday that he thinks it is the time to start reducing asset purchases but added it’s not time to raise interest rates yet. Main Quotes:“Risks are clearly to longer, more persistent bottlenecks, and thus to …
Read More »PMI Output Index up in October despite delta
U.S. CompositePurchasing Managers’ Index; PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, has rebounded to a reading of 57.3 in the first half of October from 55.0 in September. A reading above 50 indicates growth in the private sector.The service sector of the U.S. economy has sped up …
Read More »U.S: Markit Manufacturing PMI Edges Lower in August
The economic activity in the US manufacturing sector continued to expand in October, albeit at a slightly slower pace than it did in September, with IHS Markit’s Manufacturing PMI declining to 59.2 (preliminary) from 60.7. This reading missed the market expectation of 60.3.
Read More »Wall Street closes higher with S&P 500 tipping fresh record
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 »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 »Were semiconductor stocks earnings impacted by supply complications?
Semiconductor stocks have been rallying most of this year and hit new hikes. The pandemic has bolstered demand for chips by leaps and bounds, leading to the worst global shortage in many years.iShares Semiconductor and Vectors Semiconductor have benefited from the crisis and reaped gains of about 4% over the …
Read More »Treasury yields struck highest level since June
U.S. Treasury yields jumped on Tuesday. Today’s session has pushed the 10 year Treasury note back to its highest level since June.The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose, surpassing the 1.6% level. The yield on the benchmark note added 5.7 basis points at 1.641% level. Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds also …
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