Tag: trading

April 20, 2018

While the “sun is still shining” on the global economy, clouds could be looming over the horizon, warned Tao Zhang, a deputy managing director for the International Monetary Fund. Speaking with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche on Thursday, Zhang said there are […]

April 19, 2018

Gold futures edged lower early Thursday, retreating from the one-week high notched a day earlier, but the contract remained confined to the tight trading range seen over the last several sessions, as U.S. stocks drifted higher and the dollar stabilized. […]

April 19, 2018

Oil prices will rise to $100 per barrel if Saudi Arabia gets its way. Only a week ago, news surfaced that Saudi officials were quietly hoping to push oil prices up to $80 per barrel, which would help boost the […]

April 18, 2018

The nine-year bull market might be on its last legs. Fifty-eight percent of global money managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch think the stock market has already peaked or will later this year. Despite the market mayhem of […]

April 12, 2018

It’s been oddly quiet overnight, with the only bit of fighting action coming from a bunch of brawling baseball players. “With markets consolidating, we wait to see what Trump tweets today,” said Hantec Markets’s Richard Perry. It turns out he […]

April 11, 2018

Shares fell in early European trading on Wednesday, following a mixed day in Asia. Comments by China’s central bank governor reaffirming Beijing’s resolve to carry through on financial reforms buoyed shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX […]

April 10, 2018

Global markets are higher as investors watch developments in the simmering trade dispute between the U.S. and China. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 gained 0.7 percent to 5,300.12 in early trading, while Germany’s DAX added 1.1 percent to 12,397.45. Britain’s […]

April 9, 2018

Can Mark Zuckerberg assure investors — and Congress — that Facebook is going to make some big changes? Wall Street has punished Facebook’s stock since the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Facebook (FB) is down nearly 10% this year. Meanwhile. Amazon […]

April 5, 2018

Like a good thriller, you can’t be sure where the stock market is headed these days until the very end. The market has become so volatile that big swings are happening not only day to day but hour to hour […]

April 3, 2018

European stocks started the second quarter on the back foot following a US market sell-off. The majority of European indices did not trade on Monday as the continent observed Easter, but trading in the US resumed, where all three major […]