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...“This has been a pretty optimistic period in time,” said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco....
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...The S&P 500 index of blue-chip US stocks closed down 1.4 per cent on Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped by 1.8 per cent....
...There has been a significant easing in financial conditions that is giving companies breathing room,” said Invesco’s Hooper....
...“My expectation is that it will contribute to significant volatility when we get near the actual day of the election,” said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco....
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...“Since the dot plot, markets have been walking on eggshells,” said Invesco’s Hooper....
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...This of course increases the already high odds that the Fed will not hike rates in September,” said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco....
...The blue-chip S&P 500 share index is up about 14 per cent this year, though many analysts have attributed this rally to growth in stocks tied to the boom in artificial intelligence....
...However, G42’s Jackson said the Arabic element within existing models, which can work in up to 100 languages, was “heavily diluted”....
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