Bond prices edged lower on Tuesday after German bund yields hit a one-month high following a report by Reuters that Germany is considering a “shadow budget” to allow the government to circumvent its strict national debt rules.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee plans to hold hearings and seek documents into the Justice Department’s decision to open an antitrust investigation into four major automakers’ voluntary agreement with California to adopt compromise vehicle emissions requirements.
Spanish oil giant Repsol SA is in advanced talks to acquire some deepwater assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from Exxon Mobil Corp for about $1 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Time is running out for European carmakers, which have waited until the last minute to try to meet ambitious EU emissions targets and face billions in fines if they fail to comply.
Bank of America Corp said on Monday its deal-making unit is gaining momentum with midsized companies as it focuses on the sector to regain market share.
Attorneys general from 48 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico formally opened an antitrust probe on Monday into Alphabet’s Google , in a sign of growing government scrutiny of U.S. technology giants.
Telefonica plans to offer voluntary redundancy to up to a fifth of its workforce in Spain, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, as the telecoms company struggles to boost earnings in its home market.
U.S. stocks ended flat on Monday as increased expectations of stimulus from central banks around the world were offset by losses in technology and healthcare shares.
Bank of America Corp said on Monday the bank expects third quarter investment banking fees to be up in the low single digits compared with last year.
Trump tweets… and the market falls.
Two days later, he tweets again and the market rises.
Trade wars, earnings, economic data and a wide variety of other factors all affect the market and can cause sudden sharp moves up and down.
That volatility can be scary for investors, who sometimes feel like the rug has been pulled out from under them when the market tanks for seemingly unimportant reasons.
Long-Term Trends in Stock Market Volatility
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A gauge of global stocks held near flat on Monday after bouncing between gains and losses as investors questioned whether likely stimulus measures from the world’s central banks would be enough to deter slowing growth, while the pound hit a six-week high in choppy trading.
U.S. stocks ended flat on Monday as increased expectations of stimulus from central banks around the world were offset by losses in technology and healthcare shares.
Citigroup Inc said on Monday that it expects net interest income to be up between 3% and 4% for the year, compared with prior guidance of 4% growth.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down slightly in Monday afternoon trading, led by losses in technology shares, as the market pulled back following gains last week.
Few people cheer for the bears… especially if you’re from Green Bay.
But during the past century of trading, investors have been hit with more than 30 bear markets.
Pot stock investors in particular have endured several bear markets already. And we’ve been slogging through the longest one in the sector’s nascent history.
But if those bears start to point to a pattern we can profit from, that might be something worth cheering for…
Since March 2017, the North American Marijuana Index is up 26.3%.
That’s not bad… but it’s not great either.
That means pot stocks have returned roughly the same as the Dow Jones …read more […]
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