Tag: shares

September 30, 2022

FOREX EXIT STRATEGY #1: TRADITIONAL STOP/LIMIT (USING SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE) One of the best ways to keep emotions in check is to set targets (limits) and stops at the same time the trade is entered into. This is a much […]

September 27, 2022

World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday as buying kicked in after heavy selling on Wall Street put the Dow Jones Industrial Average into what’s known as a bear market. U.S. futures and oil prices gained. In early European trading, […]

September 20, 2022

Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, after Wall Street closed higher on a late buying spree following recent losses as investors await another interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Markets have been jittery over whether the Fed’s plan to […]

September 19, 2022

Asian shares fell Monday after another week of sizable losses on Wall Street, as investors braced for another interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices rose while U.S. futures declined. […]

September 15, 2022

World shares were mostly higher on Thursday after a wobbly day of trading yielded modest gains on Wall Street. Germany’s DAX added 0.4% to 13,075.05 while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% higher to 6.230.03. Britain’s FTSE 100 climbed […]

September 9, 2022

Positive global cues helped Indian shares surge higher on Friday, but markets ended well off their highs following recent strong gains. Investor sentiment was underpinned after both Fed Chair Jerome Powell and ECB chief Christine Lagarde confirmed an aggressive tightening […]

September 8, 2022

Indian shares posted strong gains on Thursday, as oil extended losses on demand concerns, after having plunged to hit seven-month lows in the U.S. trading session overnight. Indian bond yields dropped as oil’s fall below $90 a barrel helped ease […]

September 7, 2022

Asian benchmarks mostly rose Thursday, as investor optimism got a perk from a rally on Wall Street that’s on track to break a three-week losing streak. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged nearly 2.0% in morning trading to 27,964.16. Australia’s S&P/ASX […]

September 6, 2022

The beleaguered home goods retailer dropped another 14.1%, adding to several straight days of losses. The latest move comes after CFO Gustavo Arnal committed suicide Friday. Bed Bath & Beyond said in a statement Sunday that Arnal was “instrumental” in […]

August 31, 2022

By Wednesday’s close, according to preliminary data, the Dow Jones industrial average had fallen just over 4%, the tech-rich Nasdaq was down 4.64%, and the S&P 500 had fallen 4.24% over the month. For the day, the Dow was down […]

August 29, 2022

Markets will remain susceptible to profound macroeconomic uncertainty, centred on global inflation, interest rates and the risk of recession. We are closely monitoring the impact that imported costs are having on companies and consumers in Japan. But inflation is much […]

August 24, 2022

The dollar eased while U.S. and European stocks edged higher on Wednesday ahead of a speech at the end of the week by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that may signal a reaffirmation or a “pivot” from an aggressive policy […]

August 18, 2022

Markets reacted cautiously to the minutes of the recent Fed meeting that revealed a Fed that is inclined to increase rates further so as to tame inflation. However, the minutes also instilled hopes that the Fed would slow down its […]

August 16, 2022

On this day in 1991, President George H. W. Bush declared that the recession that started July 1990 was almost over. It officially ended in December 1992. But the NBER only declared its end 22 months after the fact — […]

August 16, 2022

Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple and e-commerce giant Amazon during the second quarter, while also investing billions in old-school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron. Berkshire Hathaway detailed all its second-quarter investments Monday in a new […]

August 10, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold 7.92 million shares of Tesla worth around $6.88 billion, according to a series of financial filings published Tuesday night. His transactions occurred between Aug. 5 and 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission filings revealed, following […]

August 5, 2022

Global stock markets and Wall Street futures were mixed Friday ahead of an update on the U.S. jobs market while the Federal Reserve weighs whether more rate hikes are needed to cool surging inflation. London, Paris and Frankfurt were lower […]

July 28, 2022

Stocks are falling early Thursday as investors reacted to news that the U.S. economy shrank for a second consecutive quarter, sharply raising rears that that the U.S. economy is already in or is heading for a recession. The S&P 500 […]

July 28, 2022

The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the […]

July 26, 2022

Stocks are being dragged lower early Tuesday after a warning from corporate giant Walmart that inflation was negatively impacting American consumers’ spending power. The S&P 500 index was down 0.9% as of 11:15 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]