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(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures slid with stocks Friday as investors worried about slowing growth at megacap technology companies and risks from China’s regulatory crackdown. Treasuries and the dollar rose. Nasdaq 100 contracts slid more than 1% as Amazon.com Inc. tumbled in extended trading after its sales outlook missed expectations, adding to this week’s cautious forecasts from Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. S&P 500 futures also fell. Stocks resumed declines in Hong Kong and China, a… Source link

S&P 500 and Dow futures opened slightly higher, while Nasdaq futures sank as the overnight session kicked off to track a decline in heavily weighted component Amazon.  The three major indexes had closed out Thursday’s regular session higher as investors contemplated more corporate earnings results and a second-quarter U.S. GDP report that missed lofty economists’ expectations. But traders appeared to take the latest economic data as a sign bolstering the Federal Reserve’s case to keep… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin’s selloff accelerated Monday, pushing it closer to $30,000 once again. The world’s largest digital coin, down as much as 3.3% at one point during the session, continues to ebb closer to the pivotal round-number level, trading around $30,628 as of 9:41 a.m. in New York. Chartists are watching to see if it breaks below that support, which could exacerbate its decline and set it up for its lowest close since the start of the year. The retreat comes amid a broader… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks started the week higher after their U.S. peers chalked fresh records and Treasury yields stabilized after jumping Friday. Shares in Japan outperformed and Hong Kong opened higher. China rose after the central bank cut the amount of cash most banks must hold in reserve to buttress a slowing economic expansion. Australia saw a more modest advance amid a prolonged lockdown in the largest city, Sydney. U.S. contracts fluctuated. The S&P 500 finished last week at… Source link

Disney (DIS) shares tumbled on Friday after reporting disappointing fiscal second-quarter results, with revenue and new Disney+ subscribers coming up short and the company’s theme parks business posting a fourth straight quarterly loss.  Shares of the Dow-component were down as much as 5.4% at session lows Friday morning, which would represent the stock’s worst day since June 2020.  “Disney’s in the middle of a recovery. I think what you’re seeing in terms of the stock performance is,… 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

TipRanks Billionaire Jim Simons Snaps Up These 2 Biotech Stocks Quant trading guru Jim Simons is calling it a day, sort of. The mathematician and cryptologist is famous in the investing community for bringing his analytical eye to the world of the stock exchange, creating both the quant trading revolution and a personal fortune now estimated at more than $22 billion. His has been a career of multifaceted success, and his innovations on Wall Street have influenced the strategies of two… Source link

Traders were left disappointed last night after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell did not indicate that the Fed might step up purchases of long-term bonds to hold down longer-term interest rates. Photo: Getty European stocks mostly fell on Friday amid fears of a rise in interest rates and a continued rotation out of growth stocks into the likes of industrials. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) fell sharply after opening but recovered losses by mid-morning thanks to a steep fall in the pound. London’s… Source link