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...Chart of the day The S&P 500 rose 3.1 per cent in July after closing up 0.2 per cent yesterday at 4,588.96....
...Also, S&P Global November PMI data for manufacturing and services UK: GfK Consumer Confidence Survey US: S&P Global November PMI data for manufacturing and services....
...Charlotte Kennedy, a chartered financial planner at Rathbones Group, says: “Isas are also an important source of tax-efficient income for many people, including those who have retired....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: S&P Global releases its flash June purchasing managers’ index for services and manufacturing businesses in the US....
...The Fed chair’s remarks prompted a stock market sell-off, with the S&P 500 closing 1.5 per cent lower in New York while the Nasdaq fell 1.25 per cent....
...Only 10-15 per cent of companies on the Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and S&P 500 indices did not use some kind of pre-employment testing, according to Chamorro-Premuzic....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 ended the day 0.9 per cent higher, having trimmed earlier gains, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4 per cent....
...replacing the European Monetary Institute ECB president Christine Lagarde speaks at the 27th German Savings Banks Conference 2023 ‘Because it’s about more than money’ in Hanover China, EU, Japan, UK, US: S&P...
...Results: Tesco H1, Topps Tiles FY Thursday EU, August retail sales figures Germany, UK: S&P Global construction PMI data India, S&P Global services PMI data Elon Musk due to be questioned under oath...
...Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station is due to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early on Monday morning local time....
...Which fictional character’s first two husbands were Charles Hamilton and Frank Kennedy? Whose biggest hit single was 1982’s “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll”? In knitting patterns, what does “p” stand for?...
...“The theory of a dovish pivot has been squashed,” said Brian Kennedy, a portfolio manager with Loomis Sayles....
...The S&P 500 index gained a relatively meagre 138 per cent over the same period....
...Affairs of the European Parliament in Brussels OECD publishes its forecast of the near-term prospects for the global economy in its interim economic outlook Germany, Ifo business climate index Japan, S&P...
...In US equity ESG funds, Apple and Microsoft are the top dogs, but both underperformed the S&P 500 in 2022. Tesla, another ESG darling, shed almost two-thirds of its value in 2022....
...If you are in Washington on Saturday, you can hear FT reporters interviewing Henry Kissinger, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others at our inaugural US FTWeekend Festival at the Kennedy Center....
...As the American politician Joseph P Kennedy is reported to have said, “If shoeshine boys are giving stock tips, then it’s time to get out of the market.”...
...It comes a day before the 11th anniversary of Nasa’s final successful space shuttle mission STS-135, when Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center after 30 years of space shuttle flights....
...Elon Musk, arguably this era’s most prominent capitalist, last week labelled ESG a “scam” after Tesla, his pioneering electric carmaker, was removed from S&P’s ESG index....
...Below are enterprise value/Ebit ratios for the Topix and the S&P. The Japan discount is presently 50 per cent above its five-year average: But, again, this is an old story....
...The S&P 500 has now closed at a record high 65 times this year, according to S&P analyst Howard Silverblatt — the second-highest total in history. 2....
...When sages speak This report from the Harvard Kennedy School titled “The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs the US” is a great resource, full of crucial context and focusing on varying aspects....
...The S&P 500 closed down 0.84 per cent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped nearly 2 per cent....
...The S&P GSCI index, a broad measure of global commodities prices, rallied 20 per cent to the highest level since 2008, writes Adam Samson....
...Investors took the faster tightening timeline in their stride, with the S&P 500 closing higher on Wednesday....
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