We have geopolitical tensions to add to a plate of investor concern filled with COVID-19 concerns. However, US stocks point to a rally for Tuesday, after a slow start to the week. Our call of the day from Nordea’s chief macro strategist, Sebastien Galy, says it’s time to be more …
Read More »Dow futures rise 100 points as big banks kick off the earnings season
Stock index futures were aiming for a higher start on Tuesday when investors began to digest the second quarter results of a trio of big banks, kicking off the corporate earnings reporting season. What are the main indexes doing? Futures in the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, + 0.61% They …
Read More »European Actions Fail Over Concerns Over California Closure
Shoppers wearing face masks leave a shopping mall in Berlin on April 29, 2020 amid the new coronavirus pandemic COVID-19. john macdougall / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks fell on Tuesday, reversing the gains of the previous day on concerns about the closure of the state of California …
Read More »Coronavirus shrinks deals globally: what to expect next
The “art” of doing business has become quite a difficult sale this year. Rainmakers in the global M&A business saw the count of completed deals drop to $ 1.11 trillion in the first six months of the year, about half the volume seen during the same period in 2019, for …
Read More »Stock futures rise ahead of bank earnings
US stock futures moved higher in early trading and signaled gains at Tuesday’s open as investors watch earnings reports from some of the country’s largest banks. Dow futures rose 90 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
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