Wall Street investors in the week ahead are expected to focus on key economic data, including monthly non-farm payrolls report, and on Senate Republicans’ push to pass US President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Act” legislation. The Republicans are planning to vote on the proposed budget reconciliation bill over the weekend. It was passed in…
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Shocking stock-market volatility, chaos in the bond market, and a plunge in the dollar — this week in markets is destined for the history books. The S&P 500 wrapped up its best week since November 2023 — but that doesn’t begin to tell the story of the tariff-fueled roller coaster ride that investors were sent…
Wall Street investors would have plenty of economic data to analyse in the week ahead. A key inflation – Federal Reserve-preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, flash PMI readings from the S&P, personal income and spending data, among other economic reports will be released. On Wednesday, the US central bank kept its interest rate…
Bill Smead warns of a potential market downturn, urging a shift to value stocks. Smead cites rapid market momentum and persistent inflation as key concerns for investors. His Smead Value Fund has outperformed 97% of its peers over the last 15 years. Investors have enjoyed sunny days over the last two-and-a-half years thanks to a…
Morgan Stanley’s CIO said bond yields had surpassed levels that support high stock valuations. Investors should focus on a select few sectors in the market, Mike Wilson says. The bank said it favored key sectors with strong earnings, like financials and media. The bond market is sending investors a clear signal about where to invest…
In a holiday-shortened week ahead, Wall Street investors will be focusing on home sales data and the Federal Reserve minutes of January monetary policy meeting. The markets will remain closed on Monday to mark Presidents’ Day. The week will also see other economic data including preliminary PMIs by S&P Global for services and manufacturing, and…
Traders sees the 10-year Treasury rate hitting 5% within five weeks, Bloomberg reported. Yields this high have historically triggered a stock sell-off. The rate has reached higher amid US debt fears and growing inflation concern under Trump. An options bet that puts the 10-year Treasury yield at 5% in the coming weeks is getting attention,…
US stock indices were muted on Friday after mixed economic data and as investors awaited more clarity on President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plans. On Thursday, Trump said his economics team will devise plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country taxing US imports, though the directive stopped short of imposing fresh tariffs. At 9:40 am…
US stocks were drifting on Friday as investors assessed economic data and corporate earnings. At 10:16 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.48 points, or 0.24per cent, to 44,459.53, the S&P 500 lost 3.62 points, or 0.06per cent, to 6,115.09 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 17.56 points, or 0.09per cent, to 20,034.29. At…