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Stock futures opened little changed Wednesday evening to hold near record highs, with investors contemplating the the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin paring back some of its monetary policy support as the economic recovery progresses further. Earlier during the regular session, each of the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq set record intraday and closing highs yet again, with the Fed’s latest monetary policy decision compounding with optimism over a slew of stronger-than-expected quarterly… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Monday evening after a technology-led drawdown during the regular trading day, with a rotation away from growth names picking up steam as concerns over inflation lingered.  Contracts on the Nasdaq edged up after the index dropped more than 2% Monday afternoon. Shares of technology heavyweight Facebook (FB) steadied in late trading after shedding nearly 5% earlier, with an hours-long platform outage adding to a string of negative coverage raising further… Source link

Stock futures opened flat to slightly higher Tuesday evening after a tech-led selloff during the regular trading day. Concerns over rising Treasury yields and sparring among Washington lawmakers over the debt ceiling and government funding weighed heavily on equities. Contracts on the Nasdaq ticked up. The index closed out Tuesday’s regular session lower by 2.8%, posting its biggest drop since March. The S&P 500 and Dow also fell sharply. The decline in technology stocks came as Treasury… Source link

Stock futures held onto gains after equities’ best day since July, with the major indexes looking to shake off earlier volatility and end the week on a high note. The S&P 500 paced toward a weekly gain of 0.4% as of Thursday’s close.  Equity investors have managed to look past concerns over China Evergrande’s debt crisis, uncertainty over monetary and fiscal policy and ongoing debates in Washington over the debt ceiling to trade higher.  Cyclical stocks including the industrials, energy and… Source link

Bill Gates is hanging on to these stocks for steady income — you can too In a world of historically low interest rates, investors would be wise to look out for dividend stocks offering solid — but stable — dividend yields. Healthy dividend stocks have the potential to: Offer a plump income stream in both good times and bad times. Provide much-needed diversification to growth-oriented portfolios. Outperform the S&P 500 over the long haul. Today, let’s take a look at three dividend plays… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks were steady Monday and Treasuries held an advance as traders weighed Jerome Powell’s signal that pandemic-era Federal Reserve policy support will be withdrawn cautiously and gradually. Shares gained in Japan, slipped in Hong Kong and fluctuated in China, where Beijing’s regulatory broadside remains in focus. U.S. futures were steady after a record Wall Street close in the wake of Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. Powell said the Fed may start paring bond… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stocks were steady with U.S. futures on Monday, while commodities slumped as investors weighed concerns about a pullback in stimulus and a resurgence in the fast-spreading delta virus variant. The Stoxx 600 Index opened little changed as gains in technology firms offset declines in energy shares and miners. Crude oil extended last week’s decline — its worst since October — on concern the delta virus strain will hamper demand growth. Precious metals sold off, with gold… 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

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equities rose and government bonds held around the lowest level since March as investors assessed data that showed consumer prices rose more than forecast last month. The S&P 500 was trading around its all-time high as all the main American equity indexes advanced. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 was headed toward its highest level since late April as megacap technology stocks rallied. The 10-year Treasury yield eased back below 1.5% following an initial surge in the wake of the… Source link

Bloomberg Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ (Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower there picked up an inkbrush and, with practiced strokes, began to set characters to paper.Another trying workday was ending for Wang Zhanfeng, corporate chairman, Chinese Communist Party functionary—and, less happily, replacement for a man who very recently had been executed.On this April night, Wang was… Source link