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U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher Tuesday evening as investors digested hawkish remarks from key monetary policymakers. These suggested that more members of the Federal Reserve were open to moving aggressively to raise interest rates and bring down demand and persistently elevated levels of inflation. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged up. The blue-chip index ended Tuesday’s session lower by 1.3%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.3% its biggest decline in a month as technology stocks gave… Source link

Expect a market sell-off so significant that the Federal Reserve will likely “not carry through” with all of its anticipated rate hikes this year, predicts macro investor Felix Zulauf.  “I doubt that they will be as hawkish going through the year as they are saying now,” the CEO of Zulauf Consulting told Yahoo Finance. “My expectation is that we have a sharp sell-off in the markets, maybe 30% from the highs, into the summer, and then the Fed and other central banks will panic,” he added.  “In… Source link

Stock futures rose Thursday evening to steady after a tech-driven selloff during the regular trading day. Contracts on the Nasdaq gained after the Nasdaq Composite sank by 2.5% during the earlier session.  Investors this week have been weighing concerning signs of lingering price pressures across the U.S. economy against assertions from key central bank officials that the Federal Reserve is ready to take action to bring down inflation.  In Fed Governor Lael Brainard’s hearing before the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Monday’s Asia trading session took on a decisively risk-off tone: U.S. stock index futures fell, Treasuries gained and risk-sensitive currencies slid as investors fretted over fresh lockdowns to slow the new variant. Most Read from Bloomberg Senator Joe Manchin’s rejection of the U.S. spending package at the heart of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda heaped fresh fuel to the fire with market liquidity starting to thin as Christmas nears. “Markets this week and next… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening after a rout in technology stocks earlier during the regular trading day, as investors turned away from growth stocks in anticipation of tighter monetary policy next year. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. Earlier, the index closed lower, with the tech-heavy information technology and consumer discretionary sectors leading the way lower. The Nasdaq underperformed to drop 2.5% to give back all gain after a rally on Wednesday. The Dow… Source link

Crypto lender Celsius Network lost funds in a recent cyber hack, the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) attack that comes amid a broad retrenchment in cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday night, BadgerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) which builds DeFi products using Bitcoin as collateral, announced over its Discord it would halt the functioning of its products after reports of “unauthorized withdrawals of user funds.” During an “ask me anything” (AMA) session on Friday,… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening to recover some losses after a selloff earlier, when more hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell compounded with lingering uncertainty around the Omicron variant and its impacts on the economy.  Contracts on the S&P 500 rose after the index closed lower by nearly 2% Tuesday afternoon. The S&P 500 closed out November with a monthly drop of 0.8%, with volatility over the past week wiping out prior gains following the discovery of… Source link

Apple (AAPL) shares closed at all-time highs on Tuesday, at $165.30. The stock was up more than 3%, as investors flocked to the iPhone maker amid a broader market selloff.  “It seems to be like a flight to safety trade,” Matt Maley managing director equity strategist Miller Tabak told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday.  Some analysts have also noted the company’s impressive cash flows would help it weather any future downturn. The stock’s upward movement came on the same day Fed Chair Jerome Powell Source link

Shoppers typically bear the brunt of Black Friday frenzy while clamoring over discounted holiday merchandise, but concerns over the new COVID variant gave investors and traders a dollop of holiday volatility Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Index (^DJI) settled down 905 points (2.53%) in its worst post-Thanksgiving Day performance since 1931. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), meanwhile, turned in their worst-ever returns post-Turkey Day. Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist… Source link

The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s (^DJI) worst daily plunge of the year sparked a split among market strategists on wether Friday was a good buying opportunity.  The index closed down more than 900 points, while the broader S&P 500 (^GSPC) average declined 2.27%. Energy, financials and industrial stocks led the markets lower amid concerns of a new COVID variant first detected in southern Africa.  “To the extent this is not as big as Delta was ultimately, then I think maybe it’s a little bit… Source link