The Nasdaq, which is extremely sensitive to the Fed's policy outlook, experienced its first weekly fall in 2023, arousing some traders' concerns that expectations for the Fed's tightening to halt in...
Investors will closely monitor more information about the consumers' sentiment and the direction of interest rates. CPI data for January will dominate.
While the outlook for technology may face more challenges following the strong NFP, interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stating that the Fed will...
Fresh signs of a hot US labour market leave the Federal Reserve on course to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point at its meeting next month, signalling more tightening is likely after...
Worries in stock markets, especially in tech-heavy Nasdaq, seem to have returned, even with the US indexes registering solid weekly gains last week, with the S&P 500 adding 2.5%, the Nasdaq Composite...
The Fed faces a dilemma at the 31 Jan to 1 Feb FOMC meeting. On one side, inflation data came in softer than expected, and activity indicators showed slowing momentum over the past month. On the...
Based on the initial market action of 2023, it appears that investors continue staying with the big tech firms, placing some bets on value stocks, while feasting on bonds of all kinds to capture...
2022 has marked the end of an era of cheap money, and that’s bad news for companies with a ‘growth at all costs’ approach. In the year ahead, investors will need to exercise due diligence in...
The dollar weakened further after a broad measure of November US inflation slowed while durables orders fell more than expected. Its fate in 2023 will very depend on the US inflation outlook and...