Category: Trading

January 21, 2019

World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at a 6.6 percent annual pace in 2018, its slowest pace since the slump that followed the crackdown on protests centered on Tiananmen Square in 1989. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s […]

January 18, 2019

U.S. stock futures rose Friday, pointing to the fourth-straight win for equities, as investors hung on to optimism over a report that Washington might ease trade tariffs on Beijing. Equity markets will be closed on Monday in observance of Martin […]

January 17, 2019

Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is known for many things – his fast-food-heavy diet, his philanthropy, his business acumen as one of the wealthiest people in the world, and his investing style. Buffett has long been […]

January 17, 2019

European indexes were in the red on Thursday, as French bank Société Générale SA announced it expected its fourth-quarter capital markets revenues to fall by around 20%. In the U.K., Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a no-confidence vote, freeing […]

January 16, 2019

Bank of America reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, driven by a strong performance from its consumer-banking business and lower taxes. The results sent the bank’s shares up more than 3 percent in the premarket. […]

January 15, 2019

Airline stocks can’t seem to catch a break. The NYSE Arca Airline Index, which tracks U.S. and international carriers, lagged the broader market in 2018 — dropping nearly 21 percent compared with the S&P’s decline of more than 6 percent […]

January 14, 2019

Shares were lower in Europe and Asia on Monday, extending the latest losses on Wall Street after China reported a slowdown in exports. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX lost 0.9 percent to 10,791.30 and the CAC 40 in France fell 1 […]

January 10, 2019

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that America’s major banks and brokerages were reducing their 2019 year-end targets for the S&P 500. But they didn’t reduce them by very much. Indeed, the eight institutions that the Journal cited (subscription […]

January 9, 2019

Wall Street expects stock-market volatility to spike further in 2019. And in a highly volatile market, it’s even more important to steer clear of potential investing landmines. To help traders have a better idea of the potential pitfalls to avoid, […]

January 9, 2019

Europe’s top banking regulator wants lawmakers to look into creating pan-EU rules for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, in order to give consumers better protection across the bloc. In a report issued Wednesday, the European Banking Authority (EBA) noted […]