Nvidia stock is soaring despite Wall Street’s bad week. Nvidia will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on March 27, 2024, to all shareholders of record on March 6, 2024.Nvidia reported earnings after the bell, on Wednesday, beating analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines. …
Read More »US stocks pop up as S&P heads towards 5000
On Wednesday, US equities rose sharply as investors processed new quarterly profit data, while the ongoing discussion about whether to drop interest rates continued to rumble beneath the surface. The S&P 500 increased by more than 0.7%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 0.4%. There was over a …
Read More »Wall Street opens mostly higher as focus shifts to earnings
After opening mostly higher, US stocks experienced a decline in early trading on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 falling about 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite dropping about 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.1% on Monday, following a warning from Fed Chair Jerome Powell that the Federal Reserve …
Read More »Wall Street struggles to recover from post FOMC sell-off
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Thursday following a dismal day for the major averages after the Federal Reserve held steady on rates but signaled that a March cut is unlikely.The 30-stock Dow added market index climbed 211 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 added 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite gained …
Read More »EUR/USD declines ahead of ECB’s decision
At the time of writing, the EUR/USD pair is down 0.45% in the North American session, to 1.0833, after rising to 1.0915, helped by the Fed’s policy outlook. The Eurozone’s decline in confidence and the ECB’s tighter credit policy impact the euro against the greenback.Future US GDP estimates and ECB …
Read More »Goldman Sachs expects to cut US interest rates 4 times in 2024
Joshua Shifrin, the international head of trading strategy at Goldman Sachs, has stated that the bank anticipates the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates four times in 2024. He also expects inflation in the United States to reach 2% during the year. Shifrin suggests that the first half of …
Read More »Wall Street declines amid soaring earnings
Tuesday saw a decline in US stocks as investors continued to monitor the direction of interest rates following a mediocre start to the earnings season that was marked by significant bank results.The S&P 500 fell 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. Despite briefly entering positive territory during …
Read More »T-yields decline to May low post PPI reading, bank earnings
A drop in producer prices caused Treasury two-year yields to drop to their lowest level since May, suggesting that the Fed may cut rates this year. This comes after a higher-than-expected figure on consumer prices, which highlights how difficult it is to meet inflation targets.Wall Street analyzed bank results and …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, December 20
The US Dollar rose on Wednesday, supported by US economic data and a slight deterioration in market sentiment as well as hawkish remarks by Fed’s Patrick Harker on the rate policy outlook.Holiday-linked rally was paused, with Wall Street’s main indexes about to end a five-day positive streak on profit taking. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, December 19
The Japanese Yen suffered a significant decline on Tuesday as a result of the Bank of Japan’s dovish stance. Governor Kazuo Ueda noted the challenge of articulating a plan to leave the negative interest rate policy, but the BoJ did not specify a timeline for liftoff. The USD/JPY pair first …
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