Kristalina Georgieva (Bloomberg) — Central bankers, already uneasy about trade tensions and swelling public debt, will collectively confront a new worry in the coming week: the danger of a market crash. Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a…
Want to stay informed with market insights and investing ideas from Morningstar? Sign up for my weekly Smart Investor newsletter here. In this week’s newsletter: Remember when tariff headlines would drive markets up and down in the flash of a social media post? Well, Friday was a throwback to that, as traders suddenly decided to…
This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Tariffs still matter, especially without jobs data. The stock market’s holding pattern broke into a sharp descent Friday after President Trump said he would not meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as scheduled…
President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on imports from China sparked a massive cryptocurrency sell-off late Friday that exposed risky leverage in the space. Digital currencies bitcoin, ether and solana were among the most affected cryptocurrencies, bringing total liquidations to $18.28 billion as of 3:47 p.m. ET, according to data analysis…
AMD’s deal with OpenAI could be transformative. Advanced Micro Devices‘ (AMD -7.78%) stock soared earlier this week after the company announced a new partnership with OpenAI that could greatly improve its fortunes in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. As part of the deal, OpenAI will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct graphics processing units…
Jerome Powell’s observation regarding equity valuations hits the nail on the head. In spite of some early-year volatility fueled by tariff-related uncertainty, it’s turned out to be a stellar year for investors. The widely followed S&P 500 (^GSPC -2.71%) has recorded 32 new all-time highs this year, as of the closing bell on Oct. 6,…
International Stocks Surge Past U.S.—Global Markets and Currency Moves Reshape Investor Opportunities getty In aggregate, American business has done wonderfully over time and will continue to do so. – Warren Buffett After several years of underperformance, international stocks are outperforming the US, igniting a discussion about whether investors should increase their exposure to foreign stocks….
Americans’ stock holdings are at an all-time high, a trend that has proved positive as the markets have continued to climb. However, experts are now warning that this has left many overly exposed to a potential slump. Direct and indirect stock holdings account for 45% of American households’ financial assets in the second quarter, according…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing remains a genius way for investors to play the AI trend. It’s impossible to ignore the massive AI infrastructure deals that have been announced recently. Many of these agreements will cover multiple years of hardware deliveries, with values in the $100 billion or greater range. While Nvidia has so far been the…
Financial markets suffered a rerun of their swoon in April, when “Liberation Day” tariffs shocked global investors, signaling that his latest China duties may end up hurting the U.S. more than their intended target. On Friday, President Donald Trump said he will impose an additional 100% tariff on China and limit U.S. exports of software,…