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U.S. stocks resumed losses on Thursday after a rally in the previous session on hopes for an earnings season boost to markets. Investors are digesting a flurry of mixed quarterly reports from Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Citigroup (C). The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, heading towards another week of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated from a slight advance earlier in the session to hover below the flatline. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.7%, reversing… Source link

While some experts are beginning to sound the alarm over the threat of stagflation for the remainder of 2022, a combination of surging inflation and slowing growth poses an ever-growing risk to markets. 22V Research founder Dennis DeBusschere believes that investors should indeed expect stock market returns to be muted in the medium term. “So we’ll start with the upside. It seems pretty clear to us that the Fed needs to ratchet down demand growth,” DeBusschere told Yahoo Finance Live…. Source link

Associated Press UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to talk safety support The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s director-general arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities, the agency said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said Rafael Mariano Grossi’s aim is to “to initiate prompt safety and security support” for Ukraine’s nuclear sites. It said that… Source link

U.S. stock futures were muted in extended trading Monday after another volatile day on Wall Street as investors weighed intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine and an onslaught of new sanctions by the West against the likelihood geopolitical uncertainty could knock the Federal Reserve off course for an aggressive first bump in interest rates. Contracts on Wall Street’s main benchmarks were flat heading into the overnight session after February’s final trading day marked the Dow and S&P 500’s… Source link

Contracts on the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq were sideways heading into overnight trading on Wednesday, building on back-to-back sessions of gains as fears the Omicron variant would derail economic growth cooled among investors who sold-off risky assets at the start of the week on reports of swelling case numbers. Futures on all three major indexes were in the green Wednesday evening. The moves follow positive economic data that curbed worries of Omicron’s impact on the economy and inflation… Source link

Stock futures opened relatively flat on Wednesday evening, though sustaining gains posted by a three-day recovery rally that was led by cooled investor concerns around the Omicron variant. Dow futures inched up 0.02%, while contracts on the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite ticked up 0.10%. All major indexes closed up, with the S&P 500 gaining 14.46 points to close the session at 4,701.21, just 0.5% shy of the trading session on Nov. 24, a day before the latest COVID-19 variant was announced by… Source link

Stock futures traded little changed Tuesday evening as investors eyed a slew of stronger-than-expected earnings results from closely watched technology companies. Both the Dow and S&P 500 had set record closing and intraday highs during Tuesday’s session.  Google’s parent-company Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) saw shares tick up in late trading after posting third-quarter revenues and earnings that topped consensus estimates, fueled by a further rise in online advertising spending especially among… Source link

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Walt Disney shares fall as CEO says program production delayed * S&P 500 below 50-day moving average * Indexes: Dow down 0.15%, S&P 500 down 0.08%, Nasdaq up 0.22% (Updates close with volume, other details) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended near flat on Tuesday after a broad sell-off the day before, with worries over troubles at developer China… Source link

U.S. stock futures hugged the flat line Monday evening after a record-setting session, with the prospect of strong earnings results helping fuel a rise to all-time highs for the major equity indexes. Each of the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq ended the session at record closing levels. The financial sector outperformed with big banks poised to be the first major companies out the gate to report second-quarter results, with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) reports on deck Tuesday morning…. Source link

Stock futures traded little changed Thursday evening as investors looked beyond a hotter-than-expected report on inflation.  Contracts on the S&P 500 hugged the flat line after the index set a new record high during the regular trading day. During the trading day, the health care, real estate and information technology sectors outperformed, while the cyclical financials and industrials sectors lagged. The 10-year yield erased earlier gains to come back below 1.5%.  The Bureau of Labor… Source link