Hints and tips:
...Once sufficiently unwound, I’ll visit my tailor, P Johnson, on West Broadway, who have been making my suits for almost 10 years....
...A clear majority of investors — 64 per cent — expect the benchmark S&P 500 index of US stocks to drop below 4,000, a 10 per cent fall from current levels, before it cracks above 5,000....
...Christian Mueller-Glissmann, a strategist at Goldman Sachs, also noted the widening schism, and warned clients last week that “the risk of a ‘balanced bear’ — that is, of a combined equity and bond sell-off...
...“Expectations for peak growth have dominated investor conversations,” said Christian Mueller-Glissmann, a managing director at Goldman Sachs....
...The five largest stocks in the S&P 500 together account for a quarter of the pandemic-defying rally since the crescendo of selling in late March....
...The S&P didn’t move much during turning points in the Mueller investigation. I doubt it will on impeachment proceedings. Then again, if Weld got his way . . ....
...Markets hit record highs on Monday as US and China trade tensions eased, with the S&P 500 climbing 0.7 per cent and the FTSE 100 rising more than 2 per cent, its biggest percentage gain since 2016....
...The president finds himself in far more dangerous territory than in the Mueller investigation. (FT) Making a fortune from Syria’s war Few can make money in Syria....
...Following a sharp sell-off on Friday, the S&P 500 spent the bulk of the session in the red but trimmed losses of as much as 0.6 per cent to end the day 0.1 per cent lower — with tech leading the decline....
...The benchmark S&P 500 has rallied in 2019 after sharp selling in late 2018. The index is up more than 15 per cent year-to-date to 2,905 in striking distance of September’s high of 2,940.91....
...There are various ways of trying to measure this, but one good proxy is the number of S&P 500 futures contracts that are quoted within 1 index point of its current level....
...“Like the Mueller report,” nods Mr Trump approvingly....
...On Wall Street overnight, the S&P 500 snapped a three-day winning streak in choppy trading as investors weighed up the outlook for Federal Reserve policy and looked nervously towards the upcoming G20 summit...
...Donald Trump has forced out his attorney-general just a day after the midterm elections in a move that placed a question mark over the justice department’s investigation into possible links between Russia...
...Futures tip the FTSE 100 to gain 0.5 per cent while the S&P 500 is set to dip 0.2 per cent....
...Donald Trump’s threat to raise the duties rattled global markets on Monday: the S&P 500 fell by as much as 1.6 per cent, while China’s CSI 300 index tumbled 5.8 per cent, its worst day since February 2016...
...There was a 3.2 per cent fall in the S&P 500 index on Tuesday, one of only eight declines of more than 3 per cent in the past five years....
...(FT) S&P’s Brexit warning One day after Philip Hammond, the UK chancellor, laid out an optimistic Budget, S&P Global Ratings said that the chances of a no-deal Brexit had increased and would spark a recession...
...energy expert at law firm Ritch Mueller....
...On Wall Street overnight, the S&P 500 index ended 0.1 per cent lower, with losses were limited by strength in the financial sector after Bank of America delivered a solid set of quarterly results....
...The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite clocked fresh closing highs on Tuesday, driven by a strong batch of corporate earnings....
...The S&P 500, helped on by central bank stimulus, rising tech companies and Mr Trump’s tax cuts, reached a record 3,453 days without a drop of 20 per cent — the decline typically associated with a bear market...
...Public subscriptions have since reached about $2bn, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...Add to that a new record level for the S&P 500, plus a further injection of fiscal stimulus in the second half, and Mr Powell would argue that conditions justify the further tightening of policy at a steady...
...European stocks joined in a global rally in equity markets that saw the S&P 500 close at a fresh record high, and promise further gains, as investors took some comfort that the latest exchange of tariffs...
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