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U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Trade-Talk Doubts Swirl: Markets Wrap

September 9, 2019

U.S. equity futures fell as Chinese and American officials struggled to schedule a planned meeting this month to continue trade talks. The pound slumped with the U.K. facing a showdown in Parliament over delaying Brexit again.

Contracts on the three Continue reading →

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asia, australia, Bloomberg Dollar Spot, Brexit, British Pound Spot, Economic Growth, Europe, markets, Stock Futures, Stocks, US Dollar Spot

Peak Earnings? Investors May Think So. Analysts Really Don’t

August 4, 2018

Investments

Worried earnings can’t get any better than they are now? Investors seem to be, with another impressive reporting season about to end and not much to show for it in stocks.

But one Wall Street constituency that usually shares the Continue reading →

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Bear Market, CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG-REG, earnings, Economic Growth, Environment, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, markets, Michael K O, S&P 500 INDEX, Stocks, Wall Street

China Begins to Question Whether Its Ready for a Trade War

June 27, 2018

Investments

Xi Jinping vowed to match Donald Trump blow for blow in any trade war. Now as one gets closer, some in Beijing are starting to openly wonder whether China is ready for the fight — an unusually direct challenge to Continue reading →

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Beijing, Business, china, Economic Growth, Economics, Europe, Foreign policy, Jinping Xi, markets, politics, Social Media, War, Washington, White House

Fed Lifts Rates, Steepens Path Through 2020 for More Hikes

March 24, 2018

Investments

Split FOMC continues to see three rate increases in 2018
Policy makers boost economic growth forecasts for 2018, 2019

Federal Reserve officials, meeting for the first time under Chairman Jerome Powell, raised the benchmark lending rate a quarter-point and forecast Continue reading →

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Bloomberg Dollar Spot, Business, Central Bankers, Economic Growth, Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve, Janet L Yellen, Jay Powell, markets, Monetary Policy, Unemployment Rate, Washington

Powell Says Strong Outlook to Prod Fed to Review Rate-Hike Path

March 21, 2018

Investments

Jerome Powell opened the door to the Federal Reserve raising U.S. interest rates four times this year as he acknowledged strengthening economic growth and inflation may prompt policy makers to rethink their plan for three hikes.

“My personal outlook for Continue reading →

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Congress, Economic Growth, Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Jay Powell, labor, markets, Monetary Policy, PERSPECTIVES LLC, U.S. Economy

Egyptian Billionaire Eyes Further Pakistan Real Estate Projects

March 13, 2018

Investments

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s Ora Developers will next month start building a luxurious $2 billion housing estate on the outskirts of Islamabad and is eyeing further projects as it taps demand from overseas Pakistanis.

The ‘Eighteen Islamabad’ development will feature Continue reading →

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Business, china, Economic Growth, EIGHTEEN, family, Golf, House Prices, Infrastructure, Karachi, Pakistan, Real Estate

World’s Second-Tallest Building Opens With a Whimper After Delay

January 6, 2018

Investments

After more than two years of red tape that kept tenants from moving in, China’s tallest skyscraper, the Shanghai Tower, has been quietly opening and filling office space.

More than 60 companies now occupy office space on its 128 floors Continue reading →

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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING-SP ADR, Business, china, construction, Design, Economic Growth, GENSLER, Jack Yun Ma, markets, Office Space, Shanghai, Software

Americas Inequality Machine Is Sending the Dow Soaring

January 5, 2018

Investments

The Great Recession is a speck in the rear-view mirror for America’s financial markets. They’ve advanced far beyond pre-crisis levels. In fact, Goldman Sachs says you can go back a century before 2008, and still not find a “bull market Continue reading →

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Business, Donald John Trump, Economic Growth, Federal Reserve, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, labor, Nell Minow, politics, Tax Cuts, U.S. Republicans, Washington, wealth

Goldman Warns That Market Valuations Are at Their Highest Since 1900

December 2, 2017

Investments

A prolonged bull market across stocks, bonds and credit has left a measure of average valuation at the highest since 1900, a condition that at some point is going to translate into pain for investors, according to Goldman Sachs Group Continue reading →

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Bear Market, Bonds, Bull Market, Economic Growth, Fixed Income, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, markets, Monetary Policy, S&P 500 INDEX, Stocks, Valuation

Banks Pine for Loan Growth as Clients Wait on Trumps Promises

October 19, 2017

Investments

President Donald Trump’s pledges to overhaul taxes, trade, infrastructure and health care may thrill some corporate leaders, but it’s causing many to delay expansions. That’s bad for banks.

Lending growth probably decelerated for a fourth straight quarter in the three Continue reading →

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BANK OF AMERICA CORP, Business, Debt, Donald John Trump, Economic Growth, Federal Reserve, Infrastructure, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO, politics, regulation, Tax Reform, Taxes