US oil refiners are once again making good money, but investors aren’t quite piling into the shares. They should be, a top energy analyst tells me. The profit boom could last through the end of the decade, helped by a price mishap that won’t be easy to fix: the giant premium Europe must pay for […]
US stocks rebounded for a second consecutive week as investors gained confidence that the economy can withstand the escalating war in Ukraine and the Federal Reserve’s plans to lift interest rates to control inflation. The S&P 500 climbed 1.8% for the week, extending its gains over the past two weeks to 8.1%, the strongest run […]
What better time to invest in financials than at a time with rampant inflation and a Federal Reserve promising 11 rate hikes over the next two years? That’s not the view at Deuterium Capital, which is expecting a sharp slowdown in the economy. The Deuterium Global Dynamic Allocation Fund is mostly driven by a macroeconomic […]
US stocks edged higher, putting Wall Street indexes on course to recoup some of Wednesday’s losses, while oil prices hovered near recent highs. The S&P 500 added 0.4% in early trading Thursday. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3%, about 100 points. US stocks declined and oil […]
Russia’s stock market is set to have a partial reopening Thursday, nearly a month after it shut down following the invasion of Ukraine. The challenge for Moscow is that the resumption of trading could simply send Russian stocks back into free fall. On Feb. 24, the day when President Vladimir Putin began the assault on […]
US stocks fell and oil prices jumped, as concerns about rising energy prices, supply shortages and inflation rattle investors once again. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.5% Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.2%. Major US stock indexes jumped Tuesday, as investors shrugged off worries that […]
A brief wobble aside, the US stock market is taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s decision to fully unleash the inflation-fighting side of his monetary policy persona in stride. That may be a surprise to some investors as Treasury yields soar and money-market participants price in an aggressive round of benchmark interest rate increases after […]
US stocks rose Tuesday, shaking off a wobble that followed remarks a day earlier by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaling that the central bank could deliver bigger interest rate increases at coming policy meetings in a bid to rein in inflation currently running at a 40 year high . What’s happening The Dow Jones […]
Text size The S&P 500 saw its best week since November 2020 last week. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The stock market slide Monday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the central bank could be more aggressive in lifting interest rates. Tea Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 202 points, or 0.6%, while the […]
US stocks declined and oil prices rose as investors reacted to new Federal Reserve commentary following major indexes’ strong finish last week. The S&P 500 traded down 0.6% in afternoon trading, turning lower after comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about the possibility of more aggressive interest-rate moves to tame inflation. Treasury yield rose following […]
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