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April 16, 2018
KARACHI: High-taxation rates are the scourge of the Pakistan Stock Exchange, as multiple taxes contributes to rates as high as 40 percent on companies compared to a global average of 22.96 percent. A report in Dawn stated tax rates on corporate sector averages at 20.05 percent, whereas in Europe itÃâà...
Sunbury Daily Item
April 16, 2018
Teams from the Lewisburg Area School District won both the high school and middle school divisions of the Stock Market Challenge, according to results from the 10th and final week of competition. The results, provided by Carolyn Shirk, vice president of The Pennsylvania Council on Financial Literacy,Ãâà...
Economic Times
April 16, 2018
Domestic benchmark indices opened on a negative note Monday weighed down by a 4 per cent drop in Infosys following the IT major's less-than-expected FY19 revenue guidance. Weakness in Asian markets on air strikes in Syria by US-led alliance too hurt the domestic sentiment. For the latest videos,Ãâà...
History
April 16, 2018
The stock market crash of 1929 – considered the worst economic event in world history – began on Thursday, October 24, 1929, with skittish investors trading a record 12.9 million shares. On October 28, dubbed “Black Monday,” the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 13 percent. The market fellÃâà...
Motley Fool
April 16, 2018
Stocks gained broadly on Monday in advance of earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) both added almost a percentage point. Today's stock market. Index, Percentage Change, Point Change. Dow, 0.87%, 212.90. S&P 500, 0.81%Ãâà...
TheStreet.com
April 16, 2018
By. James "Rev Shark" DePorre. Follow. | Apr 16, 2018 | 4:46 PM EDT. inShare. 0. Comment; Email; Print. inShare. Comment. 0. Email; Print. Stock quotes in this article: nflx. Monday was one of those days when the folks in the business media liked the action much more than the folks that actually trade it. On the surface theÃâà...
TheStreet.com
April 16, 2018
Jim Rogers says market participants should enjoy the rally in stocks while it lasts, issuing a dire warning that "the worst correction of his lifetime" is coming. U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as the corporate earnings season continued, with Bank of America ( BAC) reporting better-than-expectedÃâà...
TheStreet.com
April 16, 2018
By. Helene Meisler. Follow. | Apr 16, 2018 | 6:09 AM EDT. inShare. 0. Comment; Email; Print. inShare. Comment. 0. Email; Print. One of the most frequently asked questions in my inbox these days is if I think the high is in for the year. The same way I have said time and again I won't know if the top is in until well after the fact,Ãâà...
MarketWatch
April 16, 2018
“In the context of an economy that is growing and is expected to continue to grow over the next few years, stock market valuations don't look unreasonable,” New York Fed President William Dudley said in an interview on CNBC on Monday. Dudley has already announced plans to retire this year. DudleyÃâà...
Nasdaq
April 15, 2018
Trading was tight in the financial markets on Friday with dollar index posting an inside range, indicating investor indecision and impending volatility, and stocks giving back early gains amid geopolitical concerns. U.S. Treasury instruments also posted an inside range as investors couldn't get a handle onÃâà...
Motley Fool
April 15, 2018
Stocks ticked higher last week as first-quarter earnings season began. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) gained less than 2%, which put the indexes just slightly lower so far in 2018. ^SPX Chart Ãâ÷ ^SPX data by YCharts. Earnings season kicksÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
April 15, 2018
This research report was produced by The REIT Forum with assistance from Big Dog Investments. Ever wonder why some investors seem to win more often than others? Mastery over a sector is vastly better than mediocrity over the entire market. When playing professional poker, sometimes you need to layÃâà...
Indiainfoline
April 15, 2018
The stock market is a platform where stocks of companies are sold or purchased by traders at a certain price. When buyers are more, the market is known as bullish, and when sellers are more, it is known as a bearish market. There is no perfect set of rules you can follow to become successful and make bigÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 14, 2018
It has been a while since investors greeted what's expected to be a strong earnings seasons with such disdain. Earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to grow 17% over the next 12 months, according to FactSet. Yet, valuations that investors are attaching to these earnings have dropped over theÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 13, 2018
It's Friday the 13th and earnings day for three big banks, as the S&P 500 tries to flip green for the year. Meanwhile, Russia is warning that American strikes on Syria could bring war, and China's trade surplus with the U.S. just surged. President Trump is pardoning Scooter Libby, probing the postal serviceÃâà...
YouGov US
April 12, 2018
Should the President get credit – or blame – for the ups and downs of the stock market? According to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, maybe he should. Stocks remain a good rather than a bad investment to many, but Americans are dubious that the stock market explains the health of the AmericanÃâà...
CNBC
April 12, 2018
The investor known for running a bear fund suggests a stock market crash may be virtually unavoidable — citing Federal Reserve Policy and geopolitical risks. In a note to CNBC, David Tice wrote that investors should "take your money and run." "You guys have enjoyed the party," he said Wednesday onÃâà...
Radio & Television Business Report
April 3, 2018
U.S. financial markets gyrated significantly once again on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped ahead 389.17 points, to 24,033.36. Nasdaq gained 71.16, to 6,941.28. For media stocks, it was mostly a rebound session. However, Viacom's Class B shares suffered from moreÃâà...
Zacks.com
April 3, 2018
Our experts cut down 220 Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys to the 7 most likely to jump in price immediately. On average, the full Strong Buy list has more than doubled the market for 29 years. See its 7 best stocks now. Privacy Policy | No cost, no obligation to buy anything ever. Close This Panel XÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
A sharp stock-market selloff on Monday prompted buying of Treasurys, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to its lowest since Jan. 31. Escalating trade tensions with China and President Donald Trump's criticisms of tech giant Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.64% were blamed for the broad decline.
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
Until recently, many investors got accustomed to the U.S. stock market only going up. But that was not normal. Now that volatility has creeped into the market, investors are asking how to protect their portfolio. There are four good ways I know of to protect your portfolio. Let us explore with the help of twoÃâà...
TIME
April 3, 2018
(BEIJING) — Global stock markets fell for a second day Tuesday amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and mounting public scrutiny of technology companies. Market benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Tokyo all declined. The dollar sank against the euro and yen but rebounded laterÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
The Federal Reserve pays much more attention to real economic factors like the outlook for inflation and the health of the labor market than volatility in the stock market, said Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Tuesday. "The stock market goes up, the stock market goes down. We pay attention to itÃâà...
The Local Sweden
April 3, 2018
Spotify's logo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew. AFP/The Local. news@thelocal.se Ãâ÷ @thelocalsweden. 3 April 2018. 18:27 CEST+02:00. Spotify on Tuesday made its long-awaited debut on the stock market as the streaming platform that has shaken up the musicÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
In fact, the early February spike in stock-market volatility was driven by a jump in implied-rates volatility, wrote the analysts, led by Keith Parker, in a Tuesday note ... That leaves the ratio between stock-market and rates volatility at a historically high level well above 0.35, the analysts noted in the chart below.
MarketWatch
April 2, 2018
Asian stock markets headed lower Tuesday as a selloff of tech shares deepened in the U.S. and escalating trade tensions with China dampened investor confidence. Traders took cues from Wall Street after the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.7% Monday, leading a 2.2% decline for the S&P 500 and marking aÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 25, 2018
Nigel Green, founder, and CEO of deVere Group is speaking out after global stock markets come under heavy pressure on fears over the rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China – the world's largest and second largest economies, respectively – and how global economic growth and corporateÃâà...
Jakarta Post
March 25, 2018
The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has remained optimistic that the domestic stock market will remain stable amid fears of a trade war between the United States and China as well as projections of a US Federal Reserve rate hike for the third or fourth time this year. The Jakarta Composite Index – theÃâà...
Financial Post
March 25, 2018
CALGARY — Prospects are looking brighter in the Canadian oilpatch as commodity price increases drive higher profits and afford companies room to offer dividend hikes and share buybacks — but slumping stock prices show that the oil and gas sector remains in the penalty box with investors. It's gettingÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 25, 2018
On today's episode of the Zacks Friday Finish Line, Content Writer Ryan McQueeney and Editor Maddy Johnson take on this week's biggest stories, including Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, Chipotle's new head of marketing, and earnings results from Micron and Nike. More. Markets witnessed aÃâà...
Motley Fool
March 25, 2018
Fears of a stock market crash have risen dramatically so far this year, as many believe that the nine-year bull run for stocks could be giving way to the next bear market. Yet even though recent events might make you question whether you have enough risk tolerance to deal with short-term marketÃâà...
TheStreet.com
March 24, 2018
Week in Review: The Stock Market Just Got Punished. The stock market had a terrible week. Here are several of the biggest events from a forgettable week. ByKinsey Grant. Mar 24, 2018 10:29 AM EDT. Markets had trouble digesting a news-filled week from Washington to Silicon Valley. As Wall Street readies to turn theÃâà...
CNBC
March 24, 2018
Here's how much the stock market is still up since Donald Trump took office. President Trump still has a large cushion before the Dow's post-inauguration gains disappear. The Dow closed at 19,827.25 on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2017, which means it has about 3,700 points to go before the Trump rallyÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 24, 2018
U.S. stock benchmarks attempted to bounce back on Friday, a day after equities were routed after the Trump administration said it would impose tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese imports on top of duties on steel and aluminum imports, raising fears of a trade war. China's commerce ministryÃâà...
CNBC
March 24, 2018
Shares of Deutsche Bank's DWS edged higher in their stock market debut on the Frankfurt stock exchange, with the listing likely to galvanize the mood among other pending German flotations. Germany's largest lender is selling 22.5 percent of the company, which has assets worth more than 700 billionÃâà...
Investopedia (blog)
March 24, 2018
The $25 billion that retreated from U.S. equities in the one-week period ended Wednesday March 21 looks like a signal that much worse could come as investors scramble on fears of a trade war escalated by President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda, as highlighted by Bloomberg in a story on MarchÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 24, 2018
U.S. stock benchmarks saw losses gather in late-afternoon trade on Friday, with the Dow off triple-digits and the Nasdaq breaching a key technical level intraday. Persistent fears about the impact of trade wars on the domestic economy has been the main culprit for the market tumble, say market participants.
CNNMoney
March 24, 2018
The benchmark FTSE 100 has dropped 11% so far this year, making it the world's worst performing major index. International fund managers are more pessimistic than ever before about UK stocks, according to a survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The investment managers, who control a combinedÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 23, 2018
Market timer Tom McClellan, publisher of the McClellan Market Report, said he will change back to short-term bullish on the stock market for the first time in nearly four weeks, has he sees a "panicked and oversold condition worthy of a very temporary bounce." S&P 500 futures ESM8, -1.77% rose 0.3%Ãâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 22, 2018
In February 2008, the failure of an obscure market precipitated a similar selling frenzy. At the time, this sell-off went mostly unrecognized as a harbinger of something worse because the stock market quickly recovered. Just as the world shouldn't have been complacent in 2008, we shouldn't rest easy today.
TheStreet.com
March 22, 2018
The stock market is looking especially weak after the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates Wednesday. Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg deliver on TV? ByBrian Sozzi Ãâ÷ and Scott Gamm. Mar 22, 2018 8:47 AM EDT. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell may have done just enough to spark another stockÃâà...
TheStreet.com
March 22, 2018
NOTE: I received several emails with questions on yesterday's column. Unfortunately some of you sent them and filled in your own email incorrectly so my responses to you kicked back. Please resend your questions so I can respond. Thank you. Let's begin with an update on the moving average chart fromÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 22, 2018
Facebook's mini-crash — the company's stock is down over 13% in three days — is a reminder that even red-hot FAANG stocks can fall. Facebook FB, -2.43% took the stairs up and the elevator down. Did the Facebook shock just offer a glimpse into stock market future? Read on, and I'll explain.
Business Insider
March 21, 2018
A common fallacy of the stock market is that once valuations get stretched, chances to make money dry up. Don't tell that to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which just published new research highlighting huge opportunities it says have been unlocked by rare conditions brewing under the market's surface.
TheStreet.com
March 21, 2018
The policy statement made by the Federal Open Market Committee this afternoon will be the story of the markets today. We'll all look more toward forward guidance and the press conference than we will the expected increase for the fed funds rate. Much will be made of the dot plot. Much will be made ofÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 21, 2018
LONDON: The dollar dropped and stock markets were mixed on Wednesday (Mar 21) ahead of a meeting of the US Federal Reserve and comments from its new boss Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce on Wednesday the first of at least three US interest rate hikes thisÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 21, 2018
But after the outperformance of stocks over bonds in the past year, and the last few months, pension funds have also seen the total value of their equities climb, inflating the proportion invested in the stock market and shrinking the share dedicated to the bond market. A poor year for equities could helpÃâà...
Yahoo Finance
March 21, 2018
Stocks gyrated on Wednesday as the market digested the widely expected announcement of a quarter-point increase in short-term interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) dipped and recovered, but ultimately closed down.
MarketWatch
March 21, 2018
Equities, for the most part, have taken this all in stride. While major events of the Trump administration have been reflected in stock-market movements, with major indexes dropping on signs of internal turmoil in the West Wing, such gyrations have proved to be short lived. Instead, those factors—no matterÃâà...
TheStreet.com
March 21, 2018
The market is in wait-and-see mode in front of the FOMC interest rate decision this afternoon. (I will be live blogging this event on TheStreet this afternoon with fellow Real Money contributors). While breadth is running positive, there are more new 12-month lows than highs by close to two to one.
