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(Bloomberg) — Futures followed stocks lower Monday as investors braced for a flood of earnings amid doubts about an uneven economic recovery. U.S. equity futures slipped across the board following a third straight week of gains and fresh records for the S&P 500 Index. In Europe, retailers and travel companies led declines on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. The yield on 10-year Treasuries steadied before a round of auctions that will be widely watched for their potential to extend the rate surge… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stocks dropped in the slowest trading day of 2021 after a rally that drove the equity market to all-time highs. Treasuries climbed. Volume on U.S. exchanges slipped below 10 billion shares for the first time this year. Tech companies led losses in the S&P 500 on Tuesday, offsetting gains in retailers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100 also retreated. Stocks tied to the Archegos Capital Management blowup ended the session higher as investors brushed news that… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. The labor report for March has the potential to roil the bond market when trading will be thin during a holiday-shortened session. Treasuries will be open for a half-day session, while the New York Stock Exchange is closed today. The median economist estimate points to 650,000 gain in non-farm payrolls, which would indicate that the… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs Bets on These 3 Stocks; Sees Over 50% Upside Potential What goes up must come down, as we all know. This fact of physics is the underlying worry of the stock market, that fuels our suspicions of bubbles. But investment firm Goldman Sachs doesn’t believe we should worry; the firm’s chief global equity strategist Peter Oppenheimer gives several reasons to expect that the market’s current upward trend is real. His key points include the equity risk premium, the real… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Technology shares rose and Treasury yields retreated from the highest levels of the day as investors weighed the risk of inflation with economic growth accelerating. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury had spiked earlier after the Federal Reserve let a capital break for big banks expire. Crude oil rebounded after tumbling Thursday. The S&P 500 edged higher, led by the energy and communication services sectors. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other banks weighed on the Dow Jones… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. futures edged lower and Treasury yields extended gains ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting at which officials will deliver their outlook for the economy amid a budding recovery that risks stoking inflation. Contracts on the S&P 500 traded modestly down, while those on the Nasdaq dropped 0.8%. Fuel-cell firm Plug Power Inc. plunged more than 20% in pre-market trading after it disclosed accounting errors. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell, and South Korean stocks retreated… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks closed at a record high for a third consecutive trading session amid growing optimism over the budding economic recovery and progress on vaccines. Long-term Treasury yields edged lower. The benchmark S&P 500 Index gained for a fifth straight trading session, led by the utilities and real estate sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at a record and finished up for a seventh session in a row. Apple Inc., Tesla Inc. and Facebook Inc. led the tech-heavy… Source link

Bloomberg Biden to Double J&J Order; N.J. Eases More Limits: Virus Update (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden will double the U.S. order of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, bringing the country’s supply to enough for 500 million people, according to officials familiar with the plan.The U.K. accused European Union politicians of damaging its vaccination program by making misleading statements that cast doubt on AstraZeneca Plc’s shot, in an escalation of tensions between the two sides.The… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire David Tepper Bets Big on These 2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Anyone trying to keep track of where the markets might be heading, could be forgiven for displaying signs of dizziness. The markets are being violently pulled in opposite directions lately, making it difficult to form a coherent investing strategy. It is in time like this that some expert advice might provide a clearer picture. Hardly any on the Street come more highly regarded than billionaire David Tepper…. Source link

Bloomberg Why China Can’t End Its Romance With GDP Growth Target (Bloomberg) — In a battle between those who love or hate China’s economic growth target, a compromise appears to have emerged: a goal low enough to be more easily ignored.China’s leaders have an ambivalent relationship with the gross domestic product target they have set almost every year since the 1990s. It’s celebrated as the key to mobilizing millions of bureaucrats who compete for promotions by increasing growth… Source link