Item 1 of 2 Thick smoke billows from the upper floors of a residential block at Wang Fuk Court housing estate during a major fire that engulfed bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY [1/2]Thick smoke billows from the upper floors…
S&P 500 down 4% from Oct record high, Nasdaq off 7% from peak Volatility rising, indexes see biggest swings since April Tech stock declines, prospects for Dec Fed rate cut in focus NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Stock market investors are preparing for a turbulent year-end sparked by uncertainty over near-term Federal Reserve interest…
AI stock valuations raise bubble concerns amid sharp pullbacks Buffett Indicator signals overvaluation, surpassing dot-com bubble levels Nasdaq’s AI rally mirrors early dot-com bubble stages, lacks runaway optimism NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The biggest bout of volatility in U.S. stocks in months has revealed cracks in the artificial intelligence-related rally, raising questions about…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street experienced a wild rollercoaster ride on Thursday, opening sharply higher on another set of strong results from artificial intelligence giant Nvidia, only to end deep in the red as investors reassessed that optimism and mixed signals from the first U.S. jobs data since the government shutdown ended….
Dutch government suspends intervention at Nexperia Move follows talks with Chinese government Dutch Economy Minister cites goodwill gesture Talks between Netherlands and China to continue Nexperia chip shortages hit auto supply chains, production AMSTERDAM, Nov 19 (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Wednesday it was suspending its intervention at computer chipmaker Nexperia after what…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Warnings about Wall Street’s excessive optimism, concentration risk, and frothy valuations have fallen on deaf ears for most of this year, leaving market-watchers wondering what, if anything, will cool the tech and artificial intelligence frenzy. It turns out that it could end up being a plain old-fashioned shift in…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The tech-induced selloff across global stocks accelerated on Tuesday and soft U.S. labor market indicators also weighed on Wall Street, while fiscal worries in Japan helped drag Japanese stocks, bonds and the yen lower. More on that below. In my column today I look at what helped trigger this…
Nvidia’s quarterly report on Wednesday seen as pivotal for AI trade September jobs release on Thursday first key post-shutdown data S&P 500 breaks below 50-day moving average, VIX hits one-month high NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The biggest U.S. stocks pullback in months is fraying investors’ nerves ahead of tests to two underpinnings of…
ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled and Treasury yields rose on Thursday as expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month faded rapidly, while the dollar also fell in a bleak session for U.S. asset prices. More on that below. In my column today I look at the emerging parallels…
Nov 13 (Reuters) – China’s securities watchdog chief, Wu Qing, has sought approval to step down, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be an abrupt and unexpected exit for a regulatory head brought in last year to stabilise the country’s stock markets. Wu, who was appointed the chairman of China Securities…