US stock futures trod water on Friday in the wake of a retreat from record highs, as data-starved investors waited for a reprieve from the government shutdown and for earnings season to provide inspiration. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) all…
Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, safeguarded under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, teeters on the brink of extinction, with about 300 existing in the wild. Now, with biologists from the…
News that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a deal to end the Gaza conflict eased geopolitical worries (HAZEM BADER) Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investors tried to assess the outlook for the global AI-fuelled rally, Federal Reserve interest rates and the ongoing US government shutdown. News that Israel and…
(Bloomberg) — Spot gold smashed through $4,000 an ounce for the first time, as concerns over the US economy and a government shutdown added fresh momentum to a scorching rally. It’s a milestone for bullion, which traded below $2,000 just two years ago, with returns that now outstrip those for equities this century. Gold has…
US stock futures ticked up as Wall Street eyes the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) inched up 0.1%, the S&P 500 (ES=F), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) rose 0.2%. Gold (GC=F) broke records Wednesday night as it breached the $4,000 an…
Gold broke above $4,000 for the first time on Wednesday (DAVID GRAY) Gold prices broke $4,000 for the first time Wednesday as investors piled into the safe haven over expectations for US interest rate cuts and worries over the US government shutdown. The rally in the precious metal also came after concerns that a tech-fuelled rally…
By Bo Erickson and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has repeatedly tested the boundaries of executive power since his return to office and is exploring uncharted legal territory with threats to carry out mass firings during the federal government shutdown, legal experts and lawmakers said. The Republican president this year has aggressively pursued…
US stocks wavered on Tuesday, building on their latest record-setting run, as Wall Street weighed worries over the government shutdown against bright hopes for AI. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.2%. The S&P 500 GSPC (^GSPC) dropped 0.1%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was flat after fresh record high closes on Wall…
Airports in U.S. cities including Denver; Newark, New Jersey; and Burbank, California, experienced flight delays Monday amid shortages of air traffic controllers, according to federal flight data. Federal officials have flagged more air traffic control facilities for low staffing levels in recent days than they have since the summer of 2022, when the post-COVID travel…
Donald Trump’s latest approval ratings are painting a bleak picture for the president, according to election analyst Nate Silver, who said Trump is getting “mostly bad news” from recent polls. On Sunday, Trump’s net approval rating fell to -10.3, matching his previous low from July 22, according to Silver’s tracker. While it inched back up…