Wall St Week Ahead: High market hopes raise stakes as US stocks face inflation data, earnings

Wall St Week Ahead: High market hopes raise stakes as US stocks face inflation data, earnings

Investors’ hopes are running high to start 2024, which could set up U.S. stocks for a rocky stretch if some expectations are not met. Despite a shaky start to the year, the S&P 500 stands only around 2% below a fresh record high. Most investors have maintained a rosy view on everything from the U.S. … Read more

Wall Street Week Ahead: After first-half rally, stocks’ July winning streak on the line

Wall Street Week Ahead: After first-half rally, stocks’ July winning streak on the line

A U.S. stocks rally is cruising into a month that has proven strong in recent years, though equities must navigate employment data and an earnings season that could be precarious, with the Federal Reserve bent on raising U.S. interest rates. The S&P 500 defied recession fears and a U.S. banking crisis to notch a 15.9% … Read more

Stocks fall and dollar gains after strong US payrolls

Stocks fall and dollar gains after strong US payrolls

Equities took a dip on Friday while the dollar gained ground and Treasury yields climbed as investors bet on a more hawkish-than-expected Federal Reserve response to a strong US jobs report with employers hiring more workers than expected in November and raising wages despite recession worries. The US Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls increased … Read more

Wall St Week Ahead-Investors brace for pivotal July after dismal first half

Wall St Week Ahead-Investors brace for pivotal July after dismal first half

The U.S. stock market is reeling from its worst first half of any year since 1970, with investors girding for a series of potential flashpoints in July that may set Wall Street‘s course for the coming months. Second-quarter corporate earnings, hotly anticipated U.S. inflation data and the Federal Reserve‘s monetary policy meeting are among potentially … Read more

Wall St Week Ahead: Stock rally fanned by hopes of Fed ‘past peak hawkishness’

Wall St Week Ahead: Stock rally fanned by hopes of Fed ‘past peak hawkishness’

Bad news may once again be good news on Wall Street, as signs of slowing U.S. growth fan hopes that the Federal Reserve may not need to tighten policy as much as previously expected. Home sales have fallen for a third straight month, while big misses from retail giants such as Target Corp and Walmart … Read more

Wall Street Week Ahead: Hawkish Fed gives value stocks a second wind

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NEW YORK: Investors are recalibrating their portfolios to account for a more hawkish Federal Reserve, as signs that the central bank is ready to pull out the stops in its fight against inflation has shaken up markets in the first week of 2022. Yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury are on track for their … Read more

Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors await faster taper, inflation view at Fed meeting

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NEW YORK: Investors are bracing for the last Federal Reserve meeting of the year, with market participants hungry to learn how quickly the central bank plans to finish unwinding its bond-buying program and pick up signs of when it may start to raise rates in 2022. Stocks are back at record highs following last week’s … Read more

Wall Street Week Ahead: COVID-19 fears reappear as a threat to market

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NEW YORK: COVID-19 has resurfaced as a worry for investors and a potential driver of big market moves after a new variant triggered alarm, long after the threat had receded in Wall Street‘s eyes. Worries about a new strain of the virus, named Omicron and classified by the World Health Organisation as a variant of … Read more