Koreen P Jones

Dealing with the dividends doubters Premium

...S&P 500 dividend yields went as high as 9.2 per cent in the first quarter of 1938, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Even IPOs paid them, as I read to my surprise in Peris’s book....

February 21, 2024

US economy

US to grow at double the rate of G7 peers this year, says IMF

...The US S&P 500 was little changed following the previous day’s losses....

April 16, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

Federal Reserve

Fed sparks market rally as officials stick to rate cut plan

...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....

March 21, 2024

Federal Reserve

Bullish Jay Powell sticks to Fed’s rate-cutting script

...But their reaction on Wednesday to the Fed’s announcement was far from disappointment, with a sharp rise in equities feeding a rally that has added 27 per cent to the S&P 500 since October....

March 21, 2024

US inflation

Fed chair Powell expects US inflation to keep cooling in coming months

...Stocks have rallied strongly this year, with the blue-chip S&P 500 enjoying its best start to a year since 2019, having risen 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2024....

March 29, 2024

US employment

US jobs figures beat forecasts but downgrades complicate outlook

...After an early move higher, the S&P 500 swung into negative territory during late-morning trade and finished down 0.7 per cent from Thursday’s record closing high....

March 8, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

US inflation

US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Fed’s target index

...The S&P 500 was up 0.3 per cent in afternoon trading on Thursday....

February 29, 2024

US inflation

Markets slash bets on rate cuts after US inflation rises to 3.5%

...The S&P 500 closed down almost 1 per cent with roughly nine in every 10 stocks losing ground....

April 10, 2024

US interest rates

Strong US economy brings bets that Fed will wait on rate cuts

...We still expect there will be some slowdown, but it’s likely to be pushed back until the second half of the year,” said Satyam Panday, chief US economist at S&P Global Ratings....

March 6, 2024

Federal Reserve

Powell says Fed ‘not far’ from having confidence to cut interest rates

...Stocks and bonds were both higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 up 1.2 per cent while yields on rate-sensitive two-year Treasuries hovered around three-week lows at 4.52 per cent....

March 7, 2024

US inflation

US inflation rise to 3.2% highlights ‘last mile’ challenge for Fed

...US stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 climbing 1.1 per cent to a record-high close and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite gaining 1.5 per cent....

March 12, 2024

German economy

German industry unlikely to fully recover from energy crisis, warns RWE boss

...Gas demand from Europe’s industrial sector was down 24 per cent last year from 2019 levels, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights....

April 10, 2024

US economy

This battleground election state is booming. Biden is not getting the credit

...The S&P 500 is up more than a third since the start of 2021 and hit record highs this year. Unemployment is near record lows....

March 19, 2024

News updates from December 15: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to 2020 election workers, Israel mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza

Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher

...Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.1 per cent to hit a four-month high....

December 15, 2023

US inflation

Falling US inflation boosts stocks and hopes of soft landing for economy

...The S&P 500 rose by 0.2 per cent after federal data showed that prices increased more slowly than expected in November, putting Wall Street’s benchmark share gauge within 1 per cent of the all-time closing...

December 22, 2023

FT Live

Commodities Asia Summit

Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows

US employment

‘Stunning’ US jobs growth of 353,000 far outstrips estimates

...The S&P 500 gained 1.1 per cent on Friday to a record high as a surge in tech stocks helped the market shrug off the change in interest rate expectations....

February 2, 2024

Federal Reserve

Fed within ‘striking distance’ of inflation goal, says top official

...The reaction in stock markets was muted, with Wall Street’s S&P 500 trading 0.3 per cent lower....

January 16, 2024

US economy

US economy defies recession fears with 3.3% growth in fourth quarter

...US stocks and bond prices moved higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.5 per cent....

January 25, 2024

Federal Reserve

Powell says Fed rate cuts in March are ‘not base case’

...Stocks fell after Powell’s comments, with the S&P 500 ending the day down 1.6 per cent, its worst day in four months, and the Nasdaq Composite down 2.2 per cent, its worst day in three months....

January 31, 2024

News updates from December 14: BoE and ECB hold rates steady, ECB’s Lagarde pushes back against rate cuts expectations

Asian markets mostly up after Fed signals rate cuts in 2024

...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 started the day up 1.44 per cent, reaching a level not seen since August 1....

December 14, 2023

US employment

US bucks expectations with 216,000 new jobs

...The S&P had edged upwards 0.1 per cent by midday trading on Friday, after losses earlier in the week....

January 5, 2024

US inflation

US inflation outstrips forecasts with rise to 3.4% for December

...The blue-chip S&P 500 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite both declined 0.4 per cent in New York. Trading in the bond market was choppy....

January 11, 2024

FT live news

News updates from November 9: S&P 500 snaps win streak, Ransomware attack disrupts Chinese lender ICBC

News in-depthETF Hub

Investors in ‘synthetic’ ETF nursing losses after Nigeria pulled from index

...However, on November 1, S&P Dow Jones Indices stripped Nigeria from the S&P Select Frontier index that the ETF tracks at a “zero-price”....

November 6, 2023

Passive Investing

The US equity market is one of the least concentrated in the world

...And — as a chart borrowed from Duncan Lamont at Schroders shows — the extent of concentration in the S&P 500 is not something investors are used to....

March 4, 2024

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