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US interest rates
US investors turn more cautious than Fed on 2024 rate cuts
...The move in yields sent stocks lower: the blue-chip S&P 500 was down 0.8 per cent in mid-morning trade in New York and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite had dropped 1.3 per cent....
April 2, 2024
US interest rates
Investors lose hope of rapid US interest rate cuts this year
...The S&P 500 index of blue-chip companies is up more than 9 per cent since the start of the year....
April 8, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Pound Sterling
Sterling outshines rivals as UK economy holds up better than expected
...The S&P purchasing manager’s index, a measure of activity in the private sector, rose to 53.3 in February, up from 52.9 in January and the highest since May 2023....
March 8, 2024
US interest rates
Investors wrongfooted as ‘higher for longer’ rates return to haunt markets
...So far the rethink on rates has done little to cool stock markets, with the S&P 500 index of blue-chip stocks up 7.4 per cent this year — helped by the strength of the US economy and excitement about the...
April 13, 2024
US interest rates
Markets capitulate to Fed on interest rates after months-long stand-off
...US stocks fell on Friday as traders trimmed their bets on interest rate cuts, with the benchmark S&P 500 falling 0.6 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 1 per cent....
March 15, 2024
Sovereign debt
US Treasuries surge after weak jobs figures
...In the stock market, the S&P 500 was down 0.8 per cent in mid-day trade and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3 per cent, pulled lower by tech stocks following Tuesday’s weaker than expected growth forecasts...
January 31, 2024
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
Equities
Global stock markets record best year since 2019
...The S&P 500 has hovered just short of its January 2022 record in thin post-Christmas trading before dipping 0.3 per cent on Friday’s last trading day....
December 30, 2023
News updates from December 19: Maersk diverts ships to avoid Red Sea, Israel says it is ready for another pause
S&P 500 edges closer to record high
...Wall Street stocks continued their ascent on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 adding 0.5 per cent — edging closer to a record high....
December 19, 2023
News updates from December 15: Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to 2020 election workers, Israel mistakenly kills three hostages in Gaza
European bond rally pushes yields to lowest level since March
...The yields on 10-year German Bunds fell by 0.08 percentage points to 2.04 per cent, the lowest level since March, after S&P said its survey of purchasing managers signalled the fastest decline in business...
December 15, 2023
Sovereign bonds
Ethiopia defaults on sovereign debt after deadline expires on $33mn payment
...Credit rating agency S&P Global downgraded Ethiopia’s debt to default on December 15 after the initial deadline for payment was missed....
December 27, 2023
News updates from November 21: Binance chief resigns after US guilty plea, Open AI directors in talks with Sam Altman to rejoin board
Argentine stocks surge as markets open after presidential election
...The S&P Merval stock index was up more than 18 per cent in Tuesday morning trading. Shares of state energy firm YPF, which Milei has promised to privatise fully, was up more than 39 per cent....
November 21, 2023
Sovereign bonds
Bonds extend rally as investors raise rate-cut bets
...US equities were less affected than bonds, with Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 down 0.1 per cent and the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite up 0.2 per cent by midday in New York....
December 5, 2023
Israel
Israel raises $6bn in borrowing bonanza to fund war against Hamas
...That compares with a spread of about 55 basis points for five-year CDS in Saudi Arabia, which has a lower credit rating from S&P....
November 17, 2023
News updates from October 18: Netflix beats subscriber expectations, China’s economy grows 4.9%
Global stocks slide as Treasuries sell off
...On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 fell 1 per cent, and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dipped 1.1 per cent....
October 18, 2023
Currencies
Support from Bank of Israel drives sharp rebound in shekel
...S&P Global Ratings this week forecast a 5 per cent contraction for Israel’s economy in the last three months of this year....
November 25, 2023
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
Asset allocation
Investors snap up bonds and stocks in bet interest rates have peaked
...Almost all of the S&P 500’s 15 per cent gain so far in2023 has been driven by the “magnificent seven” of Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon....
November 14, 2023
US Dollar
Investors dump dollar in bet that US rates have peaked
...MSCI’s emerging market stocks index has added 3 per cent so far this year, well behind a rise of almost 19 per cent for the US S&P 500 index of blue-chip stocks....
November 24, 2023
High yield bonds
Is it PIK-up time for cash-strapped companies?
...But, as S&P puts it when explaining why U.S....
February 21, 2024
Sovereign bonds
Stocks rally and bond yields tumble as investors trim interest rate outlook
...The S&P 500 stock index gained 1.9 per cent for its best one-day performance since March, helped by strong earnings from the likes of Starbucks, which ended the day up 9.5 per cent....
November 2, 2023
Yen
Yen under renewed pressure following BoJ policy tweak
...“Under Governor [Kazuo] Ueda’s leadership, the BoJ is moving to a more pragmatic approach,” said Iain Stealey, international CIO for fixed income at J.P. Morgan Asset Management....
October 31, 2023
US Treasury bonds
Search for haven assets feeds rally in US Treasuries
...The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.6 per cent on Tuesday afternoon, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 0.7 per cent....
October 10, 2023
Markets
BoE and ECB spoil market rally triggered by Fed rate cut forecast
...The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.5 per cent on Thursday, within 2 per cent of an all-time high....
December 14, 2023
US Treasury bonds
Treasury yields hit highest level since 2007 on higher rate fears
...On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 fell 1.3 per cent and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined by 1.6 per cent. The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 lost 1 per cent....
October 18, 2023
Central banks
Market skittishness complicates central banks’ interest rate plans
...Treasury yields suffered their biggest weekly decline since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March last week, while Wall Street’s S&P 500 stocks index rose for eight consecutive sessions from October...
November 10, 2023
News updates from August 23: Plane carrying Prigozhin crashes, Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates
Pound falls on weak manufacturing data
...The S&P Global/Cips Flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index, a measure of the health of the UK economy, was 47.9 in August, much lower than the 50.3 forecast by economists in a poll by Reuters and...
August 23, 2023

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