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Dealing with the dividends doubters Premium content
...S&P 500 dividend yields went as high as 9.2 per cent in the first quarter of 1938, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Even IPOs paid them, as I read to my surprise in Peris’s book....
February 21, 2024
Federal Reserve
Fed sparks market rally as officials stick to rate cut plan
...The blue-chip S&P 500 closed up 0.9 per cent, at a new record, continuing a rally that has pushed the index 27 per cent higher since October. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3 per cent....
March 21, 2024
FT Live
Managing Operational Risk in M&A Transactions
Examining the value of business licensing and property tax in the deal cycle
Thursday, 20 JuneDigital Conference
US inflation
Fed’s preferred inflation metric rose to 2.7% in March
...Markets reversed some of those moves on Friday, with the S&P 500 index closing up 1 per cent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 2 per cent, helped by powerful gains for Google parent Alphabet...
April 26, 2024
US economy
Biden dealt blow as investors scale back bets on pre-election rate cut
...By lunchtime in New York, the benchmark S&P 500 gauge was down 1.1 per cent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 1.5 per cent....
April 25, 2024
US employment
US stocks rally as cooling labour market boosts rate cut hopes
...The cooling labour market spurred a 1.3 per cent gain for the blue-chip S&P 500 index, ending a week in which Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled that rates would remain at a 23-year high of 5.25-...
May 3, 2024
US interest rates
Fed chair Powell signals rates will remain higher for longer
...The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closed down 0.3 per cent....
May 1, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
US economy
US to grow at double the rate of G7 peers this year, says IMF
...The US S&P 500 was little changed following the previous day’s losses....
April 16, 2024
Federal Reserve
Bullish Jay Powell sticks to Fed’s rate-cutting script
...But their reaction on Wednesday to the Fed’s announcement was far from disappointment, with a sharp rise in equities feeding a rally that has added 27 per cent to the S&P 500 since October....
March 21, 2024
US inflation
Fed chair Powell expects US inflation to keep cooling in coming months
...Stocks have rallied strongly this year, with the blue-chip S&P 500 enjoying its best start to a year since 2019, having risen 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2024....
March 29, 2024
US employment
US jobs figures beat forecasts but downgrades complicate outlook
...After an early move higher, the S&P 500 swung into negative territory during late-morning trade and finished down 0.7 per cent from Thursday’s record closing high....
March 8, 2024
US inflation
Markets slash bets on rate cuts after US inflation rises to 3.5%
...The S&P 500 closed down almost 1 per cent with roughly nine in every 10 stocks losing ground....
April 10, 2024
US inflation
US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Fed’s target index
...The S&P 500 was up 0.3 per cent in afternoon trading on Thursday....
February 29, 2024
News updates from April 30: Former Binance chief sentenced to prison; BlackRock to launch Saudi investment firm
US home prices rise more than expected in February
...Brian Luke of S&P Dow Jones Indices noted softness in 17 markets over the month, in a sign that homebuyers are struggling with elevated mortgage rates....
April 30, 2024
US interest rates
Strong US economy brings bets that Fed will wait on rate cuts
...We still expect there will be some slowdown, but it’s likely to be pushed back until the second half of the year,” said Satyam Panday, chief US economist at S&P Global Ratings....
March 6, 2024
Federal Reserve
Powell says Fed ‘not far’ from having confidence to cut interest rates
...Stocks and bonds were both higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 up 1.2 per cent while yields on rate-sensitive two-year Treasuries hovered around three-week lows at 4.52 per cent....
March 7, 2024
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
German economy
German industry unlikely to fully recover from energy crisis, warns RWE boss
...Gas demand from Europe’s industrial sector was down 24 per cent last year from 2019 levels, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights....
April 10, 2024
US inflation
US inflation rise to 3.2% highlights ‘last mile’ challenge for Fed
...US stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 climbing 1.1 per cent to a record-high close and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gaining 1.5 per cent....
March 12, 2024
US economy
This battleground election state is booming. Biden is not getting the credit
...The S&P 500 is up more than a third since the start of 2021 and hit record highs this year. Unemployment is near record lows....
March 19, 2024
News updates from December 15: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to 2020 election workers, Israel mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza
Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher
...Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.1 per cent to hit a four-month high....
December 15, 2023
US inflation
Falling US inflation boosts stocks and hopes of soft landing for economy
...The S&P 500 rose by 0.2 per cent after federal data showed that prices increased more slowly than expected in November, putting Wall Street’s benchmark share gauge within 1 per cent of the all-time closing...
December 22, 2023
US employment
‘Stunning’ US jobs growth of 353,000 far outstrips estimates
...The S&P 500 gained 1.1 per cent on Friday to a record high as a surge in tech stocks helped the market shrug off the change in interest rate expectations....
February 2, 2024
Federal Reserve
Fed within ‘striking distance’ of inflation goal, says top official
...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....
January 16, 2024
ExplainerAnglo American PLC
Why is BHP bidding for Anglo American?
...“The die is cast for China to come in and trump BHP’s offer with relatively little resistance from the South African authorities,” said John Meyer, a mining analyst at S&P Angel....
April 25, 2024
US economy
US economy defies recession fears with 3.3% growth in fourth quarter
...US stocks and bond prices moved higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.5 per cent....
January 25, 2024
US employment
US bucks expectations with 216,000 new jobs
...The S&P had edged upwards 0.1 per cent by midday trading on Friday, after losses earlier in the week....
January 5, 2024

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