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US Wrap: Yields Surge and Every Index Falls as Brent Settles Above 103
Every index we track fell on Wednesday and the board's one green sector is the one that pumps what everyone else pays…
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Euro Sinks to Its Lowest ECB Reference Rate Since July
The European Central Bank's euro reference rate fell to 1.1411 dollars on 23 September, its lowest since 29 July, when it stood…
Read more →US Wrap: The Nasdaq Takes a Second Straight Record as Oil Slides
The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.45 percent to a second straight record close, at 27,244.28, on Tuesday, per the network's closing report, while…
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Paramount Skydance Settles With 12 States Over Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance has reached a settlement with a coalition of 12 state attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta, resolving their antitrust…
Read more →US Wrap: The Nasdaq Closes at a Record on an AI Surge as Yields Slide
Wall Street turned last week's caution into a record on Monday: the Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.26 percent to close at 27,122.09, its…
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Anthropic's Annualised Revenue Is Expected to Pass 100 Billion Dollars
Anthropic is expected to reach an annualised revenue run rate above 100 billion dollars this year as it prepares for a stock…
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Bank of America: Position for a Policy Rate Above 5 Percent
Rates strategists at Bank of America have told clients that the interest rate market is underestimating where the American tightening cycle ends,…
Read more →US Wrap: A Split Close to Fed Week as Buffett Gives Up the Chair
Wall Street closed its Fed week split down the middle. The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.67 percent to 29,644.17 and the S&P 500…
Read more →US Wrap: Stocks Rebound as the 10 Year Slips Back Under 5 Percent
Wall Street bought the day after. The S&P 500 rose 1.14 percent to 7,637.76, its first rise since 11 September on our…
Read more →US Market Wrap 16 September: The Dow Drops 631 Points as Warsh’s Message Outweighs the Priced Rise
The market bought the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on Wednesday and sold the press conference. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed…
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The Federal Reserve Raises Rates a Quarter Point and Its Projections Add Another Rise This Year
The Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75 to 4 percent…
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US Senate Rejects Cloture 49 to 50 on Digital Asset Market Bill as Coinbase Drops 10.1 Percent
The United States Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on 15 September, 49…
Read more →US Market Wrap 15 September: All 5 Indices Fall as the 10 Year Reaches 5 Percent Before the Fed
Every index on our board fell on Tuesday with the benchmark 10 year Treasury yield at 5 percent on the eve of…
Read more →US Market Wrap 14 September: Chipmakers Sink on AI Slowdown Calls as the 10 Year Touches 5 Percent
The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.56 percent to close at 26,186.41 on Monday, the S&P 500 0.48 percent to 7,619.98 and the Dow…
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Six Chip Stocks Shed 360 Billion Dollars Before the Open as Europe’s AI Selloff Deepens
Six US listed suppliers of artificial intelligence hardware shed a combined 360.5 billion dollars of market value at their Wall Street premarket…
Read more →US Market Wrap 11 September: Dow Adds 509 Points to Snap a 4 Session Slide as Oil Eases
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 509.19 points, or 0.98 percent, to close at 52,573.29 on Friday, ending a run of 4…
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US Distillate Stocks Rise 2.1 Million Barrels and Stay 13 Percent Below Average
US distillate fuel stocks rose 2.1 million barrels in the week to 4 September and still stand 13 percent below the five…
Read more →US Market Wrap 10 September: Nasdaq 100 Falls 1.08 Percent as Brent Tops 108 and Yields Jump
Wall Street fell again on Thursday, the Dow and the S&P 500 for a fourth consecutive session, as crude oil rose about…
Read more →US Market Wrap 9 September: Dow Falls 405 Points as Oil Tops 100 Dollars and Yields Rise
Wall Street fell across the board on Wednesday as crude oil above 100 dollars a barrel and a higher Treasury curve weighed…
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Apple’s Foldable Lands at 1,999 Dollars and the Pro Rises 100: The Event Against Our Numbers
Apple priced its first foldable iPhone 1 dollar below the 2,000 dollar floor in the roadmap report we carried on 7 September.…
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US Manufacturing Profits Rise 66.7 Percent in a Year While Sales Rise 17.4 Percent
After tax profits at United States manufacturers reached 359.4 billion dollars in the second quarter, the Census Bureau said on Tuesday, up…
Read more →US Market Wrap 8 September: The Dow Drops 628 Points as Health Care Sinks and Oil Nears 100
Wall Street came back from Labor Day to an oil price near 100 dollars and sold the Dow. The Dow Jones Industrial…
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Apple’s 2,000 Dollar Foldable Meets a 94 Percent Inventory Build: The Numbers Before 9 September
Apple's new chief executive John Ternus takes the stage on Wednesday 9 September with a foldable iPhone expected to cost more than…
Read more →US Market Wrap 4 September: The Jobs Shock Costs the Dow 272 Points While Small Caps Refuse to Follow
The strongest payrolls month since March, per our US jobs report of 4 September, gave Wall Street a selloff with an asterisk.…
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- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent