Secret to 2023 stock rally? Central banks have provided $1 trillion liquidity boost.
Gains for global equities have left many on Wall Street perplexed as stocks — especially high-risk growth names with little or no profits — have rebounded from last year’s punishing selloff, resisting both the pull of more attractive bond yields, and the threat of higher interest rates. But some Wall Street analysts say they’ve found […]
Wall St ends sharply down, posts biggest weekly drop of 2023
Dow’s worst weekly performance in 5 monthsPCE data comes in strong, showing resilient consumerFor the week, all down: Dow 2.99%, S&P 2.66%, Nasdaq 3.33%Indexes down: Dow 1.02%, S&P 1.05%, Nasdaq 1.69%Feb 24 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes posted their biggest weekly drop of 2023 after sharp losses on Friday, as investors braced for the […]
Deutsche Bank says there’s a 90% chance of recession. But, without one, S&P 500 can get to 5,000.
One of Wall Street’s most pessimistic banks is conceding that the economic outlook has improved. But Deutsche Bank, in a new update of its house view, still says there’s a 90% chance of a U.S. recession this year. It says that while there’s evidence inflation has peaked, it’s still well above central-bank targets and likely […]
U.S. consumer credit grows at slowest pace in two years in sign of economic worries
The numbers: The amount of credit consumers used in December rose by a scant 2.9% — the smallest uptick in more than two years — as Americans tightened their belts in response to a slowing economy. Consumer credit rose by $11.6 billion in the final month of 2022, Federal Reserve data showed. Economists had expected a […]
Gold prices on track to rise for third day as markets cheer dovish Powell
Gold prices advanced on Wednesday for the third straight session as the U.S. dollar softened and Treasury yields declined, helping to bolster the relative attractiveness of the yellow metal. Price action Gold for April delivery GC00, +0.28% GCJ23, +0.28% gained $10.60, or 0.6%, to $1,895 per ounce on Comex. Silver for March delivery SI00, +1.10% […]
No wonder Powell didn’t commit to extra hikes. Here are five reasons the January jobs report may be too good to be true.
Traders took heart that Fed Chair Jerome Powell, when he wasn’t being questioned by David Rubinstein on how he gets by on $190,000 per year, didn’t commit on Tuesday to having to be even more aggressive on interest rates given the huge 517,000 surge in nonfarm payrolls. Powell said rates would have to go even […]
Gold prices rebound after hitting 3-week low
Gold prices rebounded on Monday after tumbling to their lowest level in three weeks following Friday’s surprisingly strong jobs report, which helped send Treasury yields and the dollar higher to the detriment of the yellow metal. Price action Gold for April delivery GC00, +0.47% GCJ23, +0.47% rose $9.50, or 0.5%, to settle at $1,885 an […]
Lawrence Summers and IMF director both say odds of soft landing for U.S. are improving
““It looks more possible that we’ll have a soft landing than it did a few months ago.”” Those were the words of former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on Sunday, offering hope that the U.S. economy can avoid recession, but warning that inflation is still far too high. In an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” […]
The stock-market rally survived a confusing week. Here’s what comes next.
Despite a Friday stumble, stocks ended a turbulent week with another round of solid gains, keeping 2023’s young but robust stock-market rally very much alive.But a cloud of confusion also sets over the market, and it will eventually need to be resolved, strategists said. Stocks rose early in the week as traders continued to bet […]
A pre-jobs data bet may have have netted trader $10 million profit, report says
A big fed-funds futures bet placed just before the release of what turned out to be a blowout U.S. January jobs report may have netted a trader a profit north of $10 million, Bloomberg reported Friday. The trader sold the January 2024 fed-funds futures contract FFF24, -0.26%, the report said, with the trade completed through […]