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...The government is trying to rein in public spending and rebuild its credibility with rating agencies after narrowly avoiding a downgrade from S&P Global Ratings in June....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 has returned 10 per cent over the same period, largely driven by gains for a select band of technology stocks....
...Financial markets were left “awestruck” by the hawkishness of various central banks, said Agnès Belaisch, chief European strategist at the Barings Investment Institute....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 fell 2.1 per cent on the week, including a 1.1 per cent drop in Friday’s session....
...The S&P 500 is forecast to rise by less than half as much over the same period. European stocks are also relatively cheap....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 climbed 8 per cent during the month, its first monthly increase since July. On Monday the stock index fell 0.7 per cent....
...US markets are closed for Thanksgiving today, with Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite having ended the previous session 0.6 per cent and 1 per cent higher, respectively....
...“Earnings have beaten by an incredible amount,” Agnès Belaisch, chief European strategist at the Barings Investment Institute said....
...The gains in tech and consumer cyclicals — which includes companies such as Amazon and Tesla — led Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 0.8 per cent higher, despite weakness in most other sectors....
...Apple has marginally outperformed the S&P 500, but with an 11.4 per cent loss it’s hardly something to shout about....
...S&P Global Ratings the same month downgraded the company’s credit rating to triple C, deeper into speculative territory....
...Health minister Agnès Buzyn said the authorities were doing everything possible to limit the spread of the virus....
...US stocks are heading for another slide on Monday, with futures markets pointing to the S&P 500 falling at least 5 per cent, while investors brace for a round of fresh ratings downgrades....
...S&P has downgraded WeWork’s credit rating from B to B- with a negative outlook....
...• P-Solve, the investment consultancy owned by River and Mercantile, the £21bn investment manager, has appointed Matt Way as chief operating officer....
...Later he sold his paintings by Jackson Pollock and Agnes Martin to support his acquisitions. At that time, photography was a new market at auction....
...“After careful consideration, we have taken this difficult but necessary step to secure a bright future for Quiksilver,” Pierre Agnes, chief executive, said....
...Mr Maguire says its modus operandi appears to be “sell, sell, sell”....
...The fair offers 24 solo shows, notably a selection of 18 images taken by French film-maker Agnès Varda in the 1950s (from the Obadia gallery)....
...In the US for the third-quarter, the percentage of earnings paid out in dividends for the S&P 500 companies was 29.1 per cent, according to Factset data....
...On Tuesday afternoon shares were trading at 694½p, down from Monday’s close of 696½p....
...Most developers could withstand a 10 per cent decline in property sales in 2012, S&P found....
...Staring at a 20-year chart of the Vix index of volatility in the S&P 500, I’m struck by how low it is at the moment....
...In any case, here, for your perusal, are the largest holders of the black sheep bond according to Bloomberg data: Related links: Re-Remic-ing the Talf – FT Alphaville S&P’s CMBS flip-flop – FT Alphaville...
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