The stock market may look like it’s on a high, but according to Goldman Sachs (GS), it hasn’t crossed into bubble territory. “There are elements of investor behaviour and market pricing currently that rhyme with previous bubbles,” Peter Oppenheimer, Goldman’s chief global equity strategist, wrote in a new note. “However, we see key differences.” The…
Shoppers in Beijing. (Bloomberg) — China’s longest stock rally in years has done little to encourage households to shell out more money during a major holiday this month, a worry for an economy already entering a slowdown. After the summer ended with two of the weakest months for retail sales this year, preliminary figures showed…
Stocks have moved mostly higher during trading on Wednesday, largely offsetting the pullback seen in the previous session. The major averages have all moved to the upside, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the way. In recent trading, the major averages have reached new highs for the session. The Nasdaq is up 178.73 points or 0.8…
Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid Unfiltered on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. While Warren Buffett said, “our favorite holding period is forever,” occasional investor skittishness is nothing new. Yet has it gone to extremes? Despite solid stock market performance this year, “I think that we’re in…
Shares of mobile app technology company AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) fell 14% in the afternoon session after a report surfaced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was investigating the company’s data-collection practices. The probe reportedly reviewed allegations that the marketing platform company violated its platform partners’ service agreements in order to deliver more targeted advertising…
Hong Kong stocks fell on Monday as the US government shutdown hit investor sentiment and spurred demand for haven assets like gold. The Hang Seng Index declined 0.7 per cent to 26,944.34 as of 11am local time, trimming some of the 3.9 per cent gain recorded last week. The Hang Seng Tech Index lost 1.5…
Bitcoin has returned to its all-time high of $124,000 per bitcoin this week while stock markets and crypto have also surged as traders brace for a 2026 Wall Street bombshell. Sign up now for CryptoCodex—A free crypto newsletter that will get you ahead of the market The bitcoin price, which has doubled over the last…
It’s been a rough few years for bearish forecasters. Calls for a recession or a market crash have been mounting since 2022, and barring a slight blip here and there, downbeat prognosticators have basically gotten it all wrong. First, Federal Reserve rate hikes were supposed to throw the economy into recession. When that didn’t happen,…
Stocks fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Thursday before once again ending the day mostly higher. With the upward move, the major averages closed higher for the fifth straight session, reaching new record closing highs. The major averages all finished the day in positive territory. The Nasdaq climbed 88.89 points or 0.4…
Stocks closed at record highs Wednesday despite a U.S. government shutdown expected to idle hundreds of thousands of workers and hobble federal agencies charged with dispensing a range of critical services. So why do investors seem unfazed? Although shutdowns have serious, real-world consequences for millions of Americans, data shows they tend to have a modest impact…