By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major geopolitical risk events, including trade tensions, can trigger large corrections in stock prices, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday. That in turn can generate market volatility which can threaten financial stability, it said in a chapter from its forthcoming Global Financial Stability Report. The IMF…
Stocks rallied for a second consecutive trading day after electronics including smartphones and computers were exempted from the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs on imports from goods made in China, giving some breathing room to stocks including Apple and Nvidia. The S&P 500 jumped 49 points, or 0.9%, to 5,413 in early trading, while the Dow…
To say the stock market has been a roller coaster would be misleading. Because many people really love roller coasters and pay a lot of money to ride them. The stock market, at least since the beginning of April, has been more of a cruel circus. One with bulls and bears. A lot of bears….
New Delhi: Stock markets will be driven by further developments on the US-China tariff war front along with quarterly earnings announcements from IT majors Wipro and Infosys in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Global market trends and trading activity of foreign investors would also dictate market movement this week, experts noted. Equity markets would remain…
Equity benchmarks closed last week on a subdued note, ending with modest losses amid heightened volatility Stock markets will be driven by further developments on the US–China tariff war front along with quarterly earnings announcements from IT majors Wipro and Infosys in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Global market trends and trading activity of foreign…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of global tariffs during his April 2 “Liberation Day” speech, stock markets around the world plunged sharply. The S&P 500 suffered its most significant one-day drop since the COVID-19…
Stocks aren’t the only thing that have collapsed in short order over since Trump’s tariffs have taken effect. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment preliminary April data released on Friday revealed astounding declines in how consumers feel about the economy. Many of the gauges in the survey have seen sentiment deteriorate to levels seen in…
A look at what happened in the US government this week Updated: 10:03 PM EDT Apr 11, 2025 President Donald Trump rolled back his tariffs against most of the world while increasing them against China, the financial markets had one of the most chaotic and historic weeks in history, more high-profile court cases against the…
There’s an old joke in economics that stock markets have predicted nine out of the past five recessions. The point being that predicting a recession solely based on the stock market is difficult. “They can turn around on a dime. They can turn around in a heartbeat,” said James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For decades, American consumers, global investors, and international traders could interact productively in a shared economic order thanks to their mutual trust in one powerful instrument: the United States dollar. In the aftermath of…