Category: Finance Tech

July 19, 2019

European stocks traded higher on Friday as market players increase their bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up by 0.4% after the opening bell, auto stocks leading the charge with […]

July 18, 2019

Global stocks dropped on Thursday as signs of renewed escalation in the US-China trade war, mixed corporate earnings, and rising US-Iran tensions weighed on market sentiment. “We have a long way to go as far as tariffs where China is […]

July 17, 2019

Global stocks were mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street ended a five-day winning streak following disappointing corporate earnings reports. France’s CAC 40 fell nearly 0.1% in early trading to 21,469.18, while Germany’s DAX was little changed but slightly lower at […]

July 17, 2019

Bill Gates has never ranked lower than No. 2 in the seven-year history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That run ended Tuesday when the Microsoft Corp. co-founder dropped to No. 3 behind France’s Bernard Arnault. LVMH, Arnault’s luxury-goods maker, advanced […]

July 15, 2019

The U.S. may have added 224,000 nonfarm jobs in June, and core inflation may have climbed by the fastest amount in more than a year. Economists at UBS still anticipate a half-point cut from the Fed at the upcoming Federal […]

July 11, 2019

Stocks climbed on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank would lower interest rates this month, reassuring investors who had feared robust US employment data would take a cut off the table. “A July rate cut […]

July 9, 2019

World stocks dropped on Tuesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve to signal it could temper or scrap expected cuts to interest rates this month. German equities tumbled after a BASF profit warning dragged on sentiment. Traders will be […]

July 8, 2019

U.S. government debt prices rose on Monday as investors continued to digest stronger-than-expected jobs data. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.0268%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.5318%. Bond yields move […]

July 5, 2019

Asian stocks advanced Friday while European markets opened lower as investors waited for American jobs data and details of U.S.-Chinese trade talks. Benchmarks in London and Frankfurt retreated while Shanghai and Tokyo gained. Monthly U.S. employment numbers are expected to […]

July 3, 2019

If Amazon Prime Day didn’t make it easy enough to flex your credit cards, Chrome is now enabling your impulse shopping habit further by automatically entering your payment details without the need to sync your browser. Until now, credit card […]