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...“My position is that whether the report is correct or not, the market believed it,” Desai said....
...Sonal Desai, chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, said: “We’re back in a situation where good news will be bad and bad news will be good....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 stock index has fallen more than 5 per cent in September — dragging it towards its first quarterly loss in 12 months....
...The S&P 500, which dipped into negative territory around midday, closed 0.2 per cent higher. Additional reporting by Jennifer Hughes in New York...
...The S&P 500 has climbed almost 20 per cent year to date, making it easier for companies to raise cash through share sales....
...Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 closed out a choppy session with a 0.1 per cent gain, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 0.4 per cent....
...Both the S&P 500 and the Euro Stoxx 600 index are trading roughly where they were in February, before the brief banking sector-related wobble....
...The resulting rise in bond yields has also upset a rally in the stock market, with the S&P 500 losing 2.7 per cent in the past week....
...“Winters happen every year,” as Sonal Desai, chief investment officer at Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, drily points out....
...The S&P 500 surged by more than 5 per cent after the data were published....
...The benchmark S&P 500 gained 2.6 per cent. It was all down to “a little help from the Fed”, as Julius Baer’s head of equity strategy Mathieu Racheter said....
...Shares in the group have risen by about a fifth since Jenny Johnson took over, ahead of the S&P 500 index and mid-tier rivals such as T Rowe Price and Janus Henderson....
...The S&P 500 fell as much as 2.3 per cent, temporarily dragging the index down more than 20 per cent from its recent high, the common definition of a bear market....
...“Many managers and investors are trying to get deals done now,” said Ujjaval Desai, head of structured products investing at Sound Point Capital Management CLO businesses....
...S&P 500 companies are expected to achieve 37 per cent earnings growth....
...The S&P 500 rose 2.2 per cent, its best one-day gain since June, with technology stocks dominating once again....
...Sonal Desai, chief investment officer for fixed income at Franklin Templeton, said the escalation is clearly part of the Trump administration’s negotiating strategy....
...Since the beginning of the year, the benchmark S&P Sensex index of Indian equities has risen 25 per cent, outperforming every other Brics country....
...Samir Desai , Funding Circle Successful teams, in sport, business, politics or elsewhere, are not reliant on a single person....
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...P Chidambaram of the opposition Congress party recently complained of a rush of Indian bans: “Ban jeans, ban authors, ban food, ban artists, ban travel.”...
...Samir Desai, Funding Circle Marketplace lending or peer-to-peer lending companies such as Funding Circle or Lending Club, which connect investors and borrowers directly, do not pose a systemic risk as they...
...In nominal terms 2014 has been a record year for mergers and acquisitions in the US energy sector, with a total of $274bn worth of deals announced, according to S&P Capital IQ....
...“All in all, equity valuations are denoting reasonable long-term earnings and long-term returns,” Mr Desai says. Others are not so sure....
...Comment — Lord Desai: Prick the oil price bubble now If oil prices continue to rise at their current rate, it would mean an unprecedented doubling every eight months, notes Meghnad Desai, emeritus professor...
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