Earnings Beats Boost US Stocks
Bouncing back from US index declines of 0.5% to 0.7% yesterday, US index futures are up 0.1% to 0.9% this morning. European markets are quiet with the Dax, CAC and FTSE all holding steady. Asia Pacific markets fell to end the week with the Hang Seng dropping 2.1% and the Nikkei sliding 1.0%. The US […]
China in the Spotlight for Positive and Negative Interventions
Generally speaking markets really hate it when governments get too involved in the economy or investing whether it be tariffs, sanctions, capital gains or dividend taxes, antitrust actions or other things. Nvidia is down 2.2% in premarket trading, dragging NASDAQ futures down 0.2% after China announced over the weekend that it has started an investigation […]
Global Markets Bounce Back in US Holiday Trading
Although US markets declined heading into the Thanksgiving/Black Friday holiday weekend with declines of 0.3% to 0.6% yesterday, stock markets around the world have been bouncing back this morning. In Europe, the Dax is up 0.7% as German consumer prices showed inflation pressures continue ease, and the FTSE is up 0.1%. Canadian TSX index futures […]