Wall St whipsaws to mixed close as Amazon reports; NFP on tap – Feb 7 2025
Today’s Market News Wall Street ends mixed in choppy trading; Amazon, jobs report in focus Another cobalt bust but this time it’s different Amazon beats quarterly revenue estimates, cloud growth lags Key developments to markets on Friday: India rate decision Taiwan trade (January) China FX reserves Index Last Change % Change trading lower Dow Jones […]
Asia shares track Wall Street higher, Treasury yields languish near lows – Feb 6 2025
Today’s Market News Trade war or not, global investors turn even more cautious on China Huawei chairman says 2024 revenue exceeded $118 bln Philippine c.bank to take ‘measured approach’ in easing as inflation steadies Exclusive: India accuses Kia of evading taxes of $155 mln in VW-like dispute China’s markets return from holiday to US trade […]
US stock quick picks – Feb 5 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), Ford Motor (NYSE: F), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Arm Holdings (Nasdaq: ARM), MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG), MetLife (NYSE: MET), New York Times (NYSE: NYT), Viking Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VKTX), O’Reilly Automotive (Nasdaq: ORLY), Allstate (NYSE: ALL), Stanley Black & Decker […]
Asia shares edge higher, dollar backtracks – Feb 5 2025
Today’s Market News Wall Street rises on US-China trade optimism, energy boost Google parent Alphabet plans $75 billion capital expenditures this year, misses on cloud revenue US dollar edges lower as China tariffs kick in China sets firm fix for yuan, soothing devaluation worry Wall St futures dip after Alphabet earnings disappoint Dollar backs off […]
US Stock markets – Feb 4 2025
Palantir’s “AI Revolution” Palantir Technologies (Nasdaq: PLTR) surged 22.75% in after-hours trading on Monday after reporting strong financial earnings results. Financials: Palantir reported earnings of 14 cents per share and revenue of $827.5 million in the past quarter; both were better than expected. Powering the Story: In the quarter, U.S. revenue shot up 52%, and the total contract […]
Stocks jump, dollar rollercoaster as US tariffs paused – Feb 4 2025
Today’s Market News S&P 500, Nasdaq, pare losses as Trump’s Mexico tariffs paused India’s Gland Pharma reports higher Q3 profit as expenses drop Hong Kong Q4 GDP expands 2.4% y/y, slightly faster than forecast Taiwan to help companies relocate to US following Trump tariffs India’s January factory activity growth hit six-month high, PMI shows Key […]
US Stock markets – Jan 29 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META), Tesla (Nasdaq; TSLA), Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI), ASML (Nasdaq: ASML), T-Mobile US (Nasdaq: TMUS), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP), ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR), Danaher (NYSE: DHR), Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX), Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), […]
AI panic subsides with megacap earnings on deck – Jan 29 2025
Today’s Market News Japan’s GPIF to be allowed bid in bond auctions, Bloomberg News reports China Vanke’s shares jump on fresh state support, management reshuffle Hyundai Motor India reports lower Q3 profit on weak domestic demand, exports Thailand sees economy growing up to 3.5% this year on stimulus, foreign investment Key developments to markets on […]
US Stock markets – Jan 28 2025
Notables Notable Earnings Today: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), General Motors (NYSE: GM), SAP (NYSE: SAP), Invesco (NYSE: IVZ), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Xerox (Nasdaq: XRX), Lending Club (NYSE: LC), F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI), RTX (NYSE: RTX), Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF), JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Packaging Corp of […]
China’s AI drive hammers tech stocks – Jan 28 2025
Today’s Market News Take Five: Fed, ECB – and more from Trump China’s AI drive hits tech stocks, boosts safe havens Global economy takes Trump guessing-game in stride DeepSeek has investors questioning tech and AI valuations Broad risk-off mood grips markets; yen and Swiss franc gain US bonds rise, pushing yields to multi-week lows Oil […]
