The Club’s 10 things to watch Friday, Feb. 28 1. Stock futures rose after the Federal Reserve’s favorite measure of inflation rose in line with expectations. The personal consumption expenditures index for January increased 0.3% month over month and 2.5% year over year. It’s a decent number, but you’re going to need at least a…
Wall Street finished last week with big back-to-back declines, moving the S & P 500 away from Wednesday’s record-high close. Chip giant Nvidia had a rough week ahead of this week’s earnings. The S & P 500 flipped negative for all of last week, down 1.7%, after Friday trading extended the weakness of the prior session….
A stock market in search of direction could very well get one next week. Investors are about to react to two potentially major market-moving events in the week ahead. Nvidia is set to come out with its first earnings report since China’s DeepSeek in January rattled the outlook for artificial intelligence companies. And last month’s…
The Seoul skyline at sunset. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher on Thursday after Wall Street rally stalled overnight and as investors assessed a surprise interest rate cut by South Korea. The Bank of Korea unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.0%. Market watchers…
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Turkey trade U.S. stocks enter a shortened trading week on a winning run. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 2% last week and notched a record close Friday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both rose about 1.7%….
The interest rate outlook will come back into focus next week with key inflation data and Federal Reserve meeting minutes coming out ahead of Thanksgiving, as investors wrap up a major month for markets following President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory. The October personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index set to release Wednesday could dent already-dimming…
It always turns out the same way: No matter what people might say, the beginning of an interest rate cycle always causes a change in command in the stock market. You must always change your mind, hold your nose, and buy what look to be some of the weakest names — the stocks that do…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Bristol-Myers Squibb — The drug maker jumped more than 3% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a highly anticipated schizophrenia drug , the first novel type of treatment for the chronic mental disorder in more than seven decades. Bristol-Myers Squibb expects the twice-daily pill,…
It’s time for some of my reflections on a week in San Francisco talking to dozens of executives and workers in tech. It was a grueling trip, but a necessary one, because we are at a pivotal time when it comes to the revolution of artificial intelligence and accelerated computing. AI gets talked about a…