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U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday as strong earnings from Nike and FedEx, along with upbeat consumer confidence data, lifted sentiment after a recent bout of selling. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) surged 1.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) jumped more than 500 points, or 1.6%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) also advanced 1.5%. An upbeat gauge of consumer confidence helped raise the mood on Wednesday. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose to 108.3 this month… Source link

The U.S. job market is poised for a rapid slowdown as economic growth cools, Goldman Sachs warned in a new report. “We continue to expect that the slowing economy will lead job growth to fall sharply to 150k/month in 2022H2 and to 60k/month in 2023, causing the unemployment rate to gradually rise to 3.8% at end-2023 and 4.0% at end-2024,” Goldman Chief Economist Jan Hatzius said. “We see risks around this forecast as two-sided, reflecting elevated risk of a recession that would cause greater… Source link

The major U.S. stock index futures are trading sharply lower early Monday following last week’s dismal performance. The sell-off looks like investor liquidation with a slew of reasons likely fueling the move. Investors are definitely climbing the wall of worry ahead of the two-day Fed meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, there are other factors weighing on the trade including China, supply chain issues, debt ceiling negotiations and the infrastructure/tax bill to name a few. Investors… Source link

Surges of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in several U.S. states are causing health professionals to sound alarms about the continued spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, the transmission of which is being primarily driven by unvaccinated individuals. “Unfortunately, a lot of hospitals nationally are seeing more and more cases getting hospitalized,” Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Michigan, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video… Source link

Delta Air Lines (DAL) on Wednesday reported a narrower than expected loss in the second quarter, with “accelerating demand” putting the airline back on a path to profitability. Here are the main results from the Q2 report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Adjusted pre tax income (loss): $881 million vs ($898 million) estimate Adjusted earnings (loss) per share: ($1.07) vs ($1.42) estimate GAAP earnings per share: $1.02 vs (0.17) estimate Revenue: $6.3 billion vs. $6.3… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 2 Stocks Are Poised to Double (or More) The new week kicked off on a negative note, as all 3 major indexes pulled back from record highs. After applauding recent strong economic data, the worsening global coronavirus situation appeared to have soured investor sentiment. But according to Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin, investors shouldn’t get too worked up. The overall trend remains upward, and Kostin points out that volatility – the… Source link

Stocks fell Monday in the first session of 2021 after briefly rising to touch fresh record highs earlier in the session. All three major indices dropped more than 1% intraday on Monday, after the S&P 500 and Dow earlier ticked up to record intraday levels. The S&P 500 closed out December with a 3.7% one-month gain and 16% gain for 2020, capping off an extraordinary year in markets despite the backdrop of the pandemic. Bitcoin prices (BTC-USD) also extended their recent rally over the weekend,… Source link