Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius warned that U.S. GDP estimates showing 3.8% growth in Q2 and 3.3% in Q3 may be overstated, due to missing data from the government shutdown and weakening labor trends. He pointed to falling employment indicators and survey data signaling stagnation, arguing job market weakness offers a more accurate gauge of current…
Markets took a late-day gut punch on Oct. 14 after President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and threatened to terminate business with China “having to do with cooking oil” among other “elements of trade” in response to China slashing imports of U.S. soybeans in recent months. (1) The social media post sent ripples across…
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Shares of fuel cell technology Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) fell 4.9% in the afternoon session after a recent, massive rally gave way to profit-taking as investor focus returned to the company’s persistent financial challenges. The stock’s decline followed a 150% surge over the previous month. That rally was sparked by positive news, including a financing deal…
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street had one of its most profitable quarters ever, if the earnings from four of nation’s biggest banks that reported Tuesday are to be believed; as banks were helped by a flurry of deal making, soaring stock prices and a global economy that remains resilient despite tariffs and geopolitical upheaval….
No two speculative booms are exactly alike, of course, but they share some common elements. Typically, there is great excitement among investors about new technology—in today’s case, A.I.—and its potential to boost profits for companies positioned to take advantage of it. In the twenties, commercial radio was a novel and revolutionary medium: tens of millions…
The new JPMorgan Chase & Co. offices in New York. (Bloomberg) — A run for the exits by investors in levered exchange-traded funds on Friday exacerbated the largest single-day stock market selloff since April, according to strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. The S&P 500 Index fell 2.7% in the rout, while the Nasdaq 100…
Stocks are rebounding after President Trump softened his tone on China, easing concerns that trade tensions between the two nations could escalate after he late Friday announced an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports. The S&P 500 jumped 96 points, or 1.5%, to 6,637 in morning trade, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 561 points,…
After nearly a decade spent studying the most famous stock market crash in history, financial journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin warns that the Wall Street of today echoes the market of 1929, when highs preceded a massive slump, leading to the Great Depression. Artificial intelligence and technology have contributed to a remarkable boom in recent years….
Markets are bracing for more drama when trading resumes Monday, after President Trump slapped 100% tariffs on Chinese imports and called out “sinister and hostile” moves by China to try to corner the market on rare earth minerals. Trump tore into China’s new export controls Friday, announcing new tariffs “over and above” existing U.S. levies…