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...Kevin Gordon is a senior investment strategist at Charles Schwab, and, more importantly, a co-OG winner of the FTAV charts quiz....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500, the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Germany’s Dax and France’s CAC 40, among other indices, have all hit their highest-ever levels in recent weeks, amid hopes...
...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....
...The S&P 500 experienced its sharpest decline since the middle of February and US government bonds also rose as investors sought safe-haven assets....
...their debt in 2024 than in any start to the year since the global financial crisis as inflationary pressures and high interest rates continue to weigh on the world’s riskiest borrowers, according to S&P...
...The Russell 2000 index has risen 24 per cent since the beginning of 2020, lagging behind the S&P 500’s more than 60 per cent gain over the same period. Read the full story. 4....
...CERAWeek, the global energy conference sponsored by S&P Global, begins today in Houston, with guest speakers including the chair and chief executive of ExxonMobil Darren Woods....
...The S&P 500 touched a high of 5,000.4 before falling back and closing up 0.1 per cent at 4.997.91. Morning futures trading in Europe indicate more gains for the index today....
...The S&P 500 stock index has touched the milestone of 5,000 for the first time, setting a record high as a narrow group of companies continued to drive the benchmark upwards....
...Economic data: S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services for February and annualised existing home sales for January will also be published....
...And here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today: Economic data: The Institute for Supply Management will release its monthly US manufacturing survey while S&P Global publishes its Mexico manufacturing survey....
...Private equity firms were sitting on a record $2.59tn in cash reserves available for buyouts and other investments as of December 15, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence....
...Here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today: Markets: The S&P 500 will be in focus today after the US equity index closed at a record high on Friday following strong results from Meta and Amazon....
...Economic data: S&P Global publishes its manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ indices for the US....
...Economic data: S&P Global publishes US services purchasing managers’ indices and we also get November jobless claims from private sector payroll services provider ADP....
...Investors are also increasingly drawn to tech stocks as a haven, replacing traditional defensives such as consumer staples and utilities, according to Kevin Gordon, senior investment strategist at Charles...
...Map of the day Anchored 200km from Rio de Janeiro is the P-71 floating production unit, one of the newest offshore oil platforms transforming Brazil into a global energy power....
...The S&P 500 finished last week up 5.9 per cent, its best week for a year....
...Here’s why S&P is making the U-turn....
...Results: Apple, Eli Lilly, ConocoPhillips, Fox, Starbucks, S&P Global, Moderna, Shopify and Paramount Global will report before the market opens....
...S&P 500 futures were down 0.1 per cent during morning trading in Europe. 2....
...“It’s bad news for President Biden because more voters rate him negatively on the economy than rate him positively,” said Erik Gordon, a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan...
...The charge has been helped by the S&P 500, which has closed at a record high on 22 separate occasions during the quarter....
...The S&P Global Clean Energy Index, made up of 100 of the biggest such companies, is set for its worst annual performance since 2013....
...The S&P 500 is down 3.5 per cent since June 30 and is on course for its first quarterly loss in a year. Here’s the outlook for today’s trading....
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