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...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.8 per cent, on track to finish at another record high - the latest of several new peaks in recent weeks....
...Fed Governor Christopher Waller will give a speech on the economic outlook at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 share gauge fell 0.5 per cent....
...On Thursday, the S&P 500 reversed a boosterish 0.8 per cent morning gain to close 1.2 per cent lower — its worst day in eight weeks....
...Of course, Waller doesn’t set monetary policy by his lonesome....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 added 0.7 per cent shortly after the opening bell, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9 per cent....
...This is roughly comparable to average default rates observed in companies that receive a B credit rating from S&P (3.4 per cent) and a B3 from Moody’s (4 per cent)....
...) big enough to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire’s earnings, (b) possible to reliably value, (c) have trustworthy and competent management, and (d) are available at a reasonable price....
...The remarks by Christopher Waller also pushed the dollar and Treasury yields to multi-month lows....
...The S&P 500 finished up by 0.1 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.3 per cent....
...After a brief rally, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were flat in mid-afternoon trade....
...These have picked up markedly in recent years, from a low of about 400,000 b/d in the pandemic year of 2020 to about 1.4mn b/d recently, according to Richard Bronze at Energy Aspects....
...Fedspeak: US Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller will deliver a speech on the economic outlook at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington....
...Anyway, back to the S&P report. They reckon that debt maturities of firms rated single-B or lower will be around $310bn in 2025, rising to $400bn in 2026....
...The country’s rating was previously double-B-plus, signifying speculative or junk status....
...In a Monday update, the rating agency moved Ford up to triple-B minus from double-B plus....
...S&P Global expects global copper demand to double by 2035 to nearly 49mn metric tonnes....
...However, the maker of Oral-B toothpaste and Tide detergent trimmed the low end of its sales growth guidance due to the strong US dollar....
...Fed governor Christopher Waller emphasised this point on Tuesday, saying that although the central bank is within “striking distance” of its 2 per cent inflation target, officials would take their time before...
...Digging through the data of S&P Global offers surprising findings. Sub-Saharan African sovereigns rated in the B category between 2010 and 2023 defaulted in 22 per cent of all cases within five years....
...And here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Federal Reserve: Governor Christopher Waller will deliver remarks about the economic outlook before the Economic Club of New York....
...Futures contracts tied to the value of the Vix index — the so-called fear gauge that measures expectations of near-term swings in the S&P 500 — are pricing in a rise in market stress in the weeks before...
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