(Reuters) – Major Wall Street indexes fell on Friday when the United States set a new record for a one-day rise in coronavirus cases and bank stocks fell after the Federal Reserve decided to limit payments to shareholders. FILE PHOTO: Flags hang on the exterior of the New York Stock …
Read More »The Dow is falling as consumer spending disappoints
Text size People wait in line in front of a New York City bank in late May. fake pictures Weaker-than-expected economic data, an increase in coronavirus cases and an unfavorable result for banks in Thursday’s Federal Reserve stress tests left the market lower on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Read More »Dow falls 300 points early Friday morning when the Fed limits bank investor payments and coronavirus cases record a surge
Benchmarks for US equities fell sharply lower on Friday morning, with major indices poised to end the week’s losses as investors analyzed a record surge in new coronavirus cases and the implications of Federal Reserve Bank stress test results announced Thursday night. How are the benchmarks working? The Dow Jones …
Read More »Why is a strategist really encouraged by an increase in new cases of US coronavirus?
It is only the nature of the market that the coronavirus pandemic has forced all fund managers and analysts to become hobbyist epidemiologists. So here are some of the thoughts from COVID-19 by Christopher Wood, global head of capital strategy at Jefferies. In fact, he is encouraged by the latest …
Read More »Stock market gains despite coronavirus spread, disappointing unemployment claims
Text size Illustration by Mike Haddad. Investors analyzed concerns about the virus midday Thursday, taking advantage of some early gains even amid mixed data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose 0.2% in recent trade, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4%. The latest unemployment figures show that while …
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