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Buying momentum continued in Asia and European stock markets today, and S&P futures were priced up this morning.

U.S. stock markets closed higher on Thursday to start May.

April saw a sharp stock market drop due to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs, especially on China.

Poor execution of trades can kill returns when markets are volatile

Avraham Eisenberg was sentenced to more than four years in prison on child pornography charges, unrelated to his role in the 2022 exploit that drained the decentralized exchange Mango Markets of roughly $100 million.According to report…

“It’s pretty analytically unsound to reason from the two-year to what the Fed should do,” said Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers.

Meta and Microsoft surprised to the upside on a better-than-expected showing from AI the previous day.

The Pound Sterling (GBP) edges lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, with most European markets closed during Labor Day.

Two longtime traders take a look at the current state of the market.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against a basket of currencies, is rising above the 100.00 level as markets absorb softer-than-expected labor and manufacturing data.

CEO Vlad Tenev said the company has become “more resilient” by targeting sophisticated retail investors.

Markets were rattled at the start of last month by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

Despite healthy smartphone licensing momentum, IDCC reports a top-line decline year over year, owing to weakness in the consumer electronics and IoT market.

At one time we were led to believe that the markets were forward-looking and that the future was already priced in, but the last few months have shown that to be far from true. As the effect of tariffs becomes apparent over the next few months, the mar…

Financial markets are volatile. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in five years. Economists say recession risks are rising.It all adds up to financial uncertainty for a lot of Americans. Roughly half of U.S. adults say that President Trump&#8…

Despite a broad rebound in US equities since tariffs rattled the world, long-term Treasury yields have not fully followed suit

The Pound Sterling (GBP) edges lower against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, with most European markets closed during Labor Day. The release of manufacturing activity data on both sides of the Atlantic and United States (US) trade policies continued t…

Cathie Wood’s flagship Ark Innovation ETF is down 11.75% year-to-date.

Cathie Wood’s flagship Ark Innovation ETF is down 11.75% year-to-date.

Every year, one of the best strategies is to follow the Dogs of the Dow. You simply buy a basket of underperforming Dow stocks that pay dividends and sell them by the end of the year. Granted, the 2024 Dogs of the Dow didn’t do so well. In fact, they lagged the Dow Jones […]

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Pensions and endowments turn to ‘net asset value’ loans to fund cash payouts as deal markets seize up

It feels like a fairly ‘normal’ day is unfolding across markets for once. US stock futures are higher on the back of solid earnings data from the tech sector while hopes for progress on trade are also supporting sentiment, Scotiabank’s Chief FX Strateg…

European stock market moves have mostly evaporated this morning, as the focus shifts to some key event risk later this week.

Buying momentum continued in Asia and European stock markets today, and S&P futures were priced up this morning.

April was marked by trade tensions. Overall, the S&P 500 lost 1.8%, the Dow Jones retreated 3.7%, the Nasdaq Composite was off 0.9% and the Russell 2000 plunged about 4%, April.

Also: Tesla denies directors considered life after Musk, Trump admits there may be a toy shortage at Christmas.

U.S. stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday after an extremely volatile trading session.

ADMA, FirstCash, Stride, Life Time Group and National Fuel Gas are included in this Analyst Blog.

Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco Systems and NeurAxis are included in this Analyst Blog.

Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics are included in this Analyst Blog.

Apple, Affirm, Compass and CyberArk are included in this Analyst Blog.

Recent turmoil across capital markets should be seized on to shift the balance of power on debt covenants

US stock markets staged an impressive recovery on Wednesday, after initially falling sharply on the back of a weaker than expected Q1 GDP report.

Retail brokerage sees record-breaking net deposits, more subscribers to its premium services, higher options volume and “robust” growth in trading across all asset classes.