Posts Tagged ‘stocks’

Japanese Stocks Would Collapse If Yen Gains More Than 5%

By Ven Ram, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Japanese stocks can withstand a quick bounce in the yen, but will start to feel the pinch if the currency’s advance goes deeper and becomes more entrenched. Gains in the Nikkei 225 Index will start slowing if the yen begins to advance sustainably against its major […]

Stocks Set To Make It A Record 15 Weeks Higher Out Of 16 As Tech Surge Goes On

After stocks successfully recovered from a mid-week rout following the much hotter than expected CPI print, resulting in a burst of BTFD and flurry of 0DTE buying, on the last day of the week, S&P 500 futures were up 0.2% – amid bigger gains in European stocks … … and were on pace to dodge […]

Senators’ ownership of Big Oil stocks raises conflict of interest concerns

Powered 100% by reader donations, NationofChange is your ad-free, transparent platform for progressive journalism and activism. Make a difference by donating now. The intricate relationship between politics and the fossil fuel industry has come into the spotlight with a recent analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), revealing that ten U.S. senators […]

South Korean Stocks Soar After Country Inexplicably Bans Short Selling Until June 2024

Coming soon to a “developed” capital market near you. On Sunday, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission shocked markets when it announced it would prohibit stock short-selling until June 2024 to allow regulators to “actively” improve rules and systems, a move analysts said was “unusual” and “unwarranted” when no (obvious) financial crisis or external shock that […]

Yields Soar, Oil Roars As Stocks Plunge In Rollercoaster Session

Yields Soar, Oil Roars As Stocks Plunge In Rollercoaster Session With traders already exhausted by relentless, brutal daily whipsaws, today was not the day anyone expected the rollercoaster would end, and a good thing too because it was another brutal day for those tracking every twist and turn in the S&P, which in turn was […]

China’s “National Team” Has Small Cash Pile To Rescue Tumbling Stocks

China’s “National Team” Has Small Cash Pile To Rescue Tumbling Stocks By Ye Xie and Amy Li, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategists The sovereign wealth fund’s investment in the big banks shows that Beijing is committed to putting a floor under the stock market. The purchase is limited in size, but the signaling effect could be […]

China’s “National Team” Has Small Cash Pile To Rescue Tumbling Stocks

China’s “National Team” Has Small Cash Pile To Rescue Tumbling Stocks By Ye Xie and Amy Li, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategists The sovereign wealth fund’s investment in the big banks shows that Beijing is committed to putting a floor under the stock market. The purchase is limited in size, but the signaling effect could be […]

Green Energy Stocks Rocked by High Interest Rates

Green energy stocks have dropped significantly in the last few months, underperforming compared to oil and gas companies, as high interest takes its toll. Source

Visualizing The 25 Best Stocks By Shareholder Wealth Creation Since 1926

Visualizing The 25 Best Stocks By Shareholder Wealth Creation Since 1926 Out of 28,114 publicly-listed U.S. companies analyzed over the last century, the 25 best stocks have created nearly a third of all shareholder wealth. Put another way, as Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross and Joyce Ma detail below, just 0.1% of stocks have added over $17.6 trillion […]

Boycotts hit stocks hard. Here’s what might be next for Bud, Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash

READ HERE: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/03/anti-pride-backlash-what-target-anheuser-busch-and-others-should-expect-next-.html Source

European bank stocks plunge, dragged down by Credit Suisse

On the Paris stock exchange, French bank Société Générale fell by 10.6% and BNP Paribas by 10.3% – marking the biggest decline in the session since 24 February 2022 for Société Générale and since 16 March 2020 for BNP Paribas. Source

Fish stocks rise in Gaza after days of bad weather

A low pressure system which caused strong winds had left fishermen unable to go out to sea for days February 9, 2023 at 2:00 pm Fish stocks rise in Gaza after days of bad weather [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] READ: UN: Conditions in Gaza deteriorating amidst rise in poverty Show Comments Related Source

Stocks Rise, Bond Yields Rise With December’s Upcoming Price Data in Focus

NEW YORK, LONDON—Wall Street’s major stock averages closed higher on Tuesday, steadying in the afternoon after early volatility while Treasury yields rose as investors waited anxiously for U.S. inflation data due later in the week. The U.S. dollar was little changed versus the euro and other major currencies, hovering close to its weakest level in […]

Stocks Close Lower on Wall Street; Southwest Losses Mount

A broad slide for stocks added to Wall Street’s recent losses Wednesday, as investors count down to the end of the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2008. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 percent, with technology, energy and industrial stocks among the biggest weights on the benchmark index. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slid 1.4 […]

They KNEW: Federal officials who worked on COVID outbreak dumped stocks ahead of market-collapsing pandemic

(Natural News) There are many instances of blatant scandal stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic involving federal government officials, but none so aggravating as findings reported this week by The Wall Street Journal. It seems that as federal officials who worked on the pandemic were first getting word of some ‘new virus’ spreading across the globe after… […]

Jamie Dimon Sees ‘Easy 20 Percent’ Drop in Stocks but Warns It Could Be Worse

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon commented that it was unlikely that the Federal Reserve would be able to slow the economy without causing a “tough” recession. Dimon spoke at a financial industry conference in Washington on Oct. 13 where he made his prediction. He said that Wall Street could suffer another “easy 20 percent” drop, plunging the […]

Powell Scrapped His Original Jackson Hole Speech Just To Crush Stocks…yet very few got it.

READ HERE: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/powell-scrapped-his-original-jackson-hole-speech-just-crush-stocks Source

Global Stocks Sink as Europe Faces New Squeeze on Gas Supply

BEIJING—Global stock markets sank Monday as Europe faced a new squeeze on Russian gas supplies. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo, Hong Kong, and South Korea fell while Shanghai gained. Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel while the euro edged lower. Markets were roiled by Russian energy giant Gazprom’s announcement Friday that a […]

Pollution erodes fish stocks and livelihoods in Egyptian lake

Set between irrigated farmland and rocky desert south-west of Cairo, once pristine Qarun Lake used to teem with tilapia, bass, bream and shrimp, offering generous catches to fishermen from surrounding villages, Reuters reports. But pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial and domestic waste has, in recent years, sullied its beauty and sent those stocks plunging, […]

Stocks Slide, Dollar Spikes as September Starts With a Bump

LONDON—September got off to a bumpy start as persistent worries about rising global interest rates and recessions hounded stock and bond markets on Thursday and drove the safe-haven U.S. dollar to a 24-year high against the yen. Near 1 percent falls in London, Frankfurt, Paris, and Milan pushed the STOXX 600 to its lowest since […]

Interest Rate and Recession Fears Knock Stocks and Oil

LONDON—Record-high inflation in the eurozone compounded recession fears stalking markets on Wednesday as central banks on both sides of the Atlantic prepared to raise borrowing costs for businesses and households again next month. Wall Street was set for a muted start as U.S. crude oil prices sank for a second day, trading below $90 a […]

Stocks, Euro Edge Higher as Markets Watch Jackson Hole

LONDON—Share markets pushed higher and Europe’s bond markets and euro stole a breather from energy-price driven sell-offs on Thursday, as investors waited to hear the latest reaction of the world’s top central bankers to soaring inflation. Asia had tailgated Wall Street higher overnight and Europe’s bourses did the same as oil and gas stocks made […]

World Stocks Eye Best Month Since Late 2020, Dollar Slips

LONDON—Global stocks rose on Friday, on course for their best month since late 2020, as eurozone growth beat expectations, while the dollar staged a recovery from the day’s lows as traders await fresh U.S. data for clues to the outlook for rates. As inflation surges across major markets and central bankers fight to raise rates […]

World Stocks Skid as Consumer Data Flashes Recession Worry

LONDON—Global stock markets slipped for the second straight day on Wednesday and bond yields inched lower on growing fears that policymakers bent on dampening inflation will tip their economies into recession. A succession of weak data releases in Europe and the United States has not prevented central bankers from doubling down on hawkish rhetoric. More […]

Firearm Stocks Soar Over Fears Of New Gun-Control Laws

Shares of gun and ammunition companies jumped Wednesday over speculation of new gun control laws in the wake of Tuesday’s horrific mass shooting that killed at least 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. Investors anticipate increased sales ahead of calls for stricter gun laws by Democrats.

Stocks Tied To China’s SWIFT Alternative Are Soaring

As the Western world still obsesses with how Russia’s expulsion from SWIFT will impact the Russian economy, commodity prices and the global funding markets, a quick note on how forward looking markets are reacting. While we wait for US cash markets to open (as futures reverse a modest bounce and trade at session lows), China’s micromanaged […]

The Fed Has Stepped Up: Now Can Stocks Survive?

Commentary Last week, the Fed finally drew a clear line. We’re probably going to get a quarter-point rate hike by May—and then another by July—and at least one more before Thanksgiving. A year from now, overnight lending rates could be a full percentage point above where they are today. If you’ve been conditioned to get […]

Stocks to See in New Year Near Record Highs After Banner 2021

LONDON—Stock markets dipped on Friday in thin trading but were set to see in the New Year with double-digit gains for 2021 while oil prices hovered near $80 a barrel following their biggest annual rise since 2009. The U.S. dollar, which has had its best year since 2015 with a 6.7 percent rise, was steady […]

Here’s How Stocks Have Performed Under Fed Chair Jerome Powell, so Far

For investors who took a break from the market during Thanksgiving week, one of the biggest Wall Street headlines they may have missed was President Joe Biden’s decision to renominate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for a second term in the position as the Fed begins its post-COVID-19 pandemic tightening program. Stocks finished down last […]

Oil Stocks Jump After Biden Releases 50 Million Barrels From US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The United States Oil ETF traded higher by 2.4 percent on Tuesday after President Joe Biden announced he will be releasing oil from U.S. strategic reserves in an attempt to lower global gasoline prices. What Happened The White House said Tuesday the United States will release 50 million barrels of crude oil from its Strategic […]

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