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Shares of sneaker maker suffered record one-day drop on Friday Household spending is starting to show signs of a slowdown A dismal week for consumer stocks is raising concern about the financial health of US households just before the second-quarter earnings season...

Bank’s trading desk sees a ‘pre-election correction’ Favors S&P 500 lookback put options as an election play The US presidential election and its aftermath promises investors big market swings in the second half of the year, says Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Scott...

Nike Digital, encompassing global sales through the retailer’s website and mobile app, decreased 10% in its fiscal Q4 2024. The year ended on a positive note for Nike Inc. despite a year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue and digital sales during Q4 of its fiscal...

Strategist and team reiterate 4,200 target in mid-year outlook They cite ‘disconnect’ between valuations and business cycle The S&P 500 Index may be headed for another record closing high, but JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Marko Kolanovic says the benchmark will...

Traders take money off the table ahead of July meeting Hong Kong equity benchmark also close to entering correction MSCI Inc.’s key gauge for Chinese stocks has entered into a technical correction as policy measures fail to arrest a slide in earnings, increasing...

Goldman Sachs has reported that hedge funds are aggressive sellers of tech company shares.  Read “Hedge Funds Sell Tech Stocks ‘Aggressively’, Goldman Says”. Goldman had predicted a summer correction on 06/12/24.     The selling that has commenced is likely the...

US office vacancy rate is forecast to hit a peak of 24% by 2026. Nearly one-quarter of all US office space will be vacant by 2026 as working from home persists, slicing commercial-property values by as much as $250 billion, according to a report from Moody’s....

Net selling of tech in June on track to be worst on record Prime brokerage desk sees growing signs of equity degrossing In a month when Nvidia Corp. briefly became the world’s largest company, hedge funds were “aggressively” selling tech stocks, according to analysis...

Uncertain how Republicans may react to possible second defeat Chinese premier warned of negative consequences of decoupling America’s deep partisan divide threatens to inject uncertainty into markets even if Joe Biden wins a second term, according to economic...

Perusahaan Listrik Negara notes among biggest losers in Asia Next government mulls lifting debt ratio to two-decade high Indonesian state-run power utility’s dollar bonds have suffered the most in Asia over the past two weeks due to rising concerns about the nation’s...

Pensions are now retooling property divisions after losses Funds are dealing with challenges at some office properties Almost no major Canadian pension manager has been spared. The largest fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, lost 5% on its property portfolio...

Copper surged to a record on a wave of hedge fund money. Now the big question for bulls is when China’s buyers will return. As copper surged to record highs last month, several senior Chinese traders started trying to contact western hedge fund managers whose names...

US stocks mostly finished in the red Friday as a tech-led rally showed real signs of fatigue for the first time in over a week. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) both lost about 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)...

Two global credit ratings firms lowered their forecasts for China’s property market, as an accelerating slump in home prices hampers the country’s efforts to rescue the sector. S&P Global Ratings now expects residential sales to drop 15% this year, more than the...

Startup introduced previous version just three months ago Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is releasing a new AI model that it calls its fastest and most capable yet in a rivalry with OpenAI. Anthropic introduced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, an updated version of its...

Home starts slid to 1.28 million, below all but one estimate Decline in building permits point to softer construction ahead New home construction in the US slumped in May to the slowest pace in four years, as higher-for-longer interest rates sap the housing industry’s...

The biggest US restaurant chain is taking on competitors with a new promotion. McDonald’s Corp.’s US chief says the company is ready for a fight. And in order to win, the burger chain is pulling out one of the most potent weapons in its arsenal: The value meal. It’s...

Ties with Brazil are growing with two-way investments Abdulrahman Bakir helped lead tour of 100 delegates to region Before 2020, Saudi Arabian investment in Brazil was so small that it didn’t even appear in the central bank’s database for relevant foreign inflows....

The increase is tied to recent passage of new green standards Half of fund managers surveyed say over 30% of assets stranded Fund managers overseeing commercial real estate say significant chunks of their portfolios hold assets that can now be considered stranded due...

Chinese copper exports hit a record last month, as poor demand at home forced traders to seek markets overseas for their surplus. Exports of unwrought copper and products in May doubled from the previous year to nearly 150,000 tons, just topping the previous high...

Value of purchases rose 0.1% in May after downward revisions Households have costlier debt, delinquencies continue to rise US retail sales barely rose in May and prior months were revised lower, pointing to greater financial strain among consumers. The value of retail...

UK could have 9,500 millionaires exit this year, report finds Wealthy are ‘voting with their feet,’ Henley & Partners says The UK is on track to lose 9,500 millionaires this year, more than any country in the world except China, according to a new report on the...

New-home values in May dropped the most in almost a decade Forceful efforts to support home sector haven’t revived demand China’s home prices fell at a faster pace in May, as the country’s most forceful efforts to support the property market took time to revive...

Shares have surged more than 300% since its IPO one year ago Rally is so extreme it’s starting to cause angst among bulls Of all the hot IPOs over the past year — AI firms and biotech startups and the like — none has popped on Wall Street quite like Cava Group Inc....

Fund’s collapse led to billions of dollars in bank losses Two big attempts to limit single family office risks failed Ralph Hamers, the former chief executive officer of UBS Group AG, looked sullen as he explained how the bank lost hundreds of millions of dollars...

Microsoft Corp., facing scrutiny over the security of its products, is withdrawing a new artificial intelligence feature of its Windows software for new personal computers from broad release and instead will test it with a smaller group. Recall, a Windows...

PPI fell 0.2% in May on sharp decrease in energy costs Most categories that feed Fed’s favored price gauge were tame US producer prices unexpectedly declined in May by the most in seven months, another welcome development that will strengthen the Federal Reserve’s...

Carlyle Group Inc. is preparing to exit “a number” of investments as the market for private equity dealmaking rebounds, according to a top executive with the firm. “We are beginning to see the whole market improve on buying and selling,” Brian Bernasek, co-head of...

CTA positioning in US equities reaches its limit: Rubner Investors not ‘positioned for a further move higher’: Rubner Traders should watch for stock market weakness later this summer as positioning in US equities reaches its limit, according to Scott Rubner, global...

CPI came in below forecasts in May, stoking market rally Traders priced in two Fed cuts in 2024, first in November A key measure of underlying US inflation stepped down for a second month in May, a pleasant surprise for Federal Reserve officials looking for signs that...

Consumer price index rose modestly for a fourth month Factory-gate prices in deflation streak since late 2022 China’s consumer prices rose less than expected in May and factory prices dropped for the 20th month in a row, stoking concerns over persistently weak demand....

South Korea’s labor market showed signs of cooling in May as employment growth slowed to its slowest pace in more than three years, a weak outcome that may support the case for authorities to consider adjusting policy. The number of new jobs increased by 80,000 in...

Banks selling quality assets first to avoid big losses: Murray Pimco has been amassing property portfolios for 18 months Pacific Investment Management Co. expects more regional bank failures in the US because of a “very high” concentration of troubled commercial real...

Indexes in mainland China, Hong Kong among top losers in Asia Weak travel spending data, geopolitical risks hurt sentiment Chinese stocks dropped after traders returned from a long weekend as a slew of negative developments weighed on sentiment. The CSI 300 Index of...

Inventories revised to show slightly bigger contribution Net exports tweaked a tad to reflect larger drag on growth Japan’s economy showed scant sign of a clear recovery with its narrower-than-first-estimated contraction leaving plenty of reason for continued caution...

Poll shows Labor neck-and-neck with center-right opposition Australian election due to be held within the next 12 months Support for Australia’s center-left Labor government has slumped after a week of poor economic news and political tensions over immigration,...

MANILA, Philippines — Nomura Global Markets Research slashed its inflation forecasts for the Philippines in the next two years due to the reduction of import tariffs on rice to 15 percent from 35 percent. Research analysts Euben Paracuelles and Nabila Amani said...

US consumer borrowing increased in April by less than forecast as credit-card balances declined for the first time in three years. Total credit rose $6.4 billion after a downwardly revised $1.1 billion decrease in March, according to Federal Reserve data released...

Read the story US apartments were supposed to be an ironclad investment, with potential for double-digit returns as the housing shortage propels rents ever higher. Instead, a blowout in multifamily building loan deals have left some retail investors in a world of...

Syndicators made big purchases that are unraveling with high interest rates, adding distress to an already troubled US property market. Lynn Nathe was growing tired of the meager gains from her family’s retirement account. In late 2021, she invested $200,000 with a...

The pay gap between job stayers and job changers narrowed in May in the latest sign that the US labor market is cooling from a hot start to 2024. New data from ADP released Wednesday showed that the median year-over-year pay increase for job switchers fell to 7.8% in...

Rising imports were offset by higher exports and inventories Household savings slid to 0.9% from downwardly revised 1.6% Australia’s economy all-but stalled in the first three months of the year as elevated interest rates and cost of living pressures weighed heavily...

Alliance to unwind production cutbacks from the fourth quarter Demand concerns, signs of ample supplies add to declines Oil fell to the lowest in about four months after OPEC+’s plan to loosen its production curbs this year deepened the market’s bearish sentiment. The...

Job openings fell in April to their lowest level since February 2021 as the labor market shows further signs of cooling off from the hiring boom that followed the US economy reopening after the pandemic. New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday...

Company is seeking ‘secure and reliable’ AI services Cisco has already invested in Mistral AI and Scale AI Cisco Systems Inc. plans to invest $1 billion in startups that are working on what it calls “secure and reliable” artificial intelligence services, part of a...

Strong wage growth risks slowing return of inflation to 2% Governing Council to lower rates by quarter-point on Thursday Strong economic data and vocal European Central Bank hawks are pushing some analysts and investors to waver in their expectations for interest-rate...

Developer is counting on a rebound in sales to end cash woes Chinese authorities have stepped up measures to support market China Vanke Co.’s sales slump moderated in May, as a thaw in housing market sentiment boosted the state-backed developer that’s become a focus...

Rise in pig prices doesn’t mean the pork cycle has turned Fewer smallholders has put industry on a better footing China’s hog farmers may have turned a corner after a surge in profits last month, but a sustained improvement in the industry’s fortunes could still prove...

Ten-year Treasury yield slips to the lowest in over a week Investors look to manufacturing, jobs data to price Fed cuts Treasuries rose, taking benchmark yields to the lowest levels in more than a week, after US manufacturing data reinforced bets the Federal...

Mercer Advisors is launching a new platform for clients with at least $5 million in investable assets as it pushes further into a hot corner of the finance world. Mercer Advisors, which manages roughly $60 billion in assets across more than 30,000 families, is pushing...

Americans rely on credit, as disposable income declines Fed is hoping for a slowdown, not a breakdown in US economy The main drivers behind the remarkably resilient American consumer are losing steam at the same time, suggesting a recent pullback in household demand...

His net worth slides $11.7 billion amid high AI expectations Dell shares plunge the most on record after posting results Michael Dell’s wealth tumbled the most in a single day after the computer company he founded posted results that disappointed investors. Dell’s net...

Downward revision seen as signal that oil demand at risk Crude refining margins are weakening around the globe US diesel demand plummeted to its lowest seasonal level in 26 years in March, driven by slowing economic growth. Product supplied of distillate — the fuel...

Inflationary impact of big supply shocks has largely resolved ‘Last half mile’ to Fed’s target relies on persistent forces Inflation may not return to the US central bank’s 2% target until mid-2027, according to research from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. That’s...

Brent futures fall for third day, poised for monthly drop Prompt timespread slips into bearish contango structure Oil fell for a third day as a key market gauge highlighted oversupply concerns before an OPEC+ supply meeting on Sunday. Brent crude for August was near...

Compound is closed to public and tucked inside headquarters Loss of institutional knowledge comes as company’s sales slow Nike Inc. has cut some staff from its secret sneaker archives as part of a multiyear cost-cutting plan, according to people familiar with the...

Index slides 7.7% to 72.3, lowest reading since April 2020 Contract signings decrease in all US regions, led by Midwest A gauge of pending US existing-home sales tumbled to a four-year low in April as higher mortgage rates cast a pall on the spring selling season. An...

Economy expanded at 1.3% pace versus initial estimate of 1.6% Consumer spending was lower on outlays for goods like autos The US economy grew at a slower pace in the first quarter than initially reported, primarily reflecting softer consumer spending on goods. Gross...

Local soybean meal prices are hovering around three-year lows Heavy rains in South America could underpin soybean imports China is sending record quantities of soybean meal abroad, as a shrinking number of pigs and weak demand for pork force processors to export their...

Strategy is buying Treasury bills to take advantage of yields US government borrowing also likely to pressure bonds: Miller A top-performing quant fund is shorting five- to 10-year US Treasuries on expectations that interest rates will stay on hold this year as prices...

May 29 - Best Buy (BBY.N) is set to post its tenth consecutive quarter of sales decline on Thursday when the U.S. electronics retailer reports quarterly results, as spending on big-ticket electronics remains pressured despite easing inflation. Although results from...

Seven of 12 economists see up to 0.3 ppt growth lift this year Analysts expect cut to reserve requirement ratio by end-June China’s most forceful attempt to shore up its beleaguered property market is expected to improve growth prospects modestly this year, according...

Hong KongCNN —  China has unveiled wide-ranging measures to rescue its property sector, including asking local governments across the country to buy unsold homes from beleagured developers and easing rules on purchases. Even though China’s economy expanded faster than...

Insmed Inc. shares more than doubled after the company’s experimental drug reduced episodes of worsening symptoms in a final-stage study of patients with a rare lung condition. Patients with bronchiectasis who received Insmed’s brensocatib had fewer exacerbations than...

CK Asset’s office buildings in Central see high vacancies Increasing supply, weak demand put pressure on market No one’s property in Hong Kong epitomizes the pain in the office market better than real estate legend Li Ka-shing’s. CK Asset Holdings Ltd.’s crown jewel...

Power producers, semiconductor firms well placed to benefit Region to be second-largest non-US data center provider: MS Equity investors are scouring Southeast Asia for alternatives to play the artificial intelligence theme as tech giants pour billions of dollars in...

OPEC+ expected to prolong cuts at meeting to be held online Brent above $83 a barrel after touching lowest since February Oil rose after dropping last week, with the focus on an OPEC+ supply meeting on Sunday and US demand at the start of the summer driving season....

Smelters are turning to abundant scrap supplies to replace ore Plants add capacity to defend market share and boost growth The global copper market is gripped by fears of a shortage, which has propelled prices to record levels and sparked a $49 billion...

Across stocks, bonds, oil, FX volatility is lowest since 2020 VIX index touched the lowest in five years last week Volatility is getting crushed. Everywhere. One risk event after another, from inflation data to Nvidia Corp. earnings, gets cleared with barely a ripple...

Le Maire says determined to shelter own economic gains French minister speaks with Bloomberg TV at Group of Seven The entire world economy is at risk from a glut of cheap Chinese exports, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in tandem with a barrage of joint...

Defensive ETF bets suffer losses as bullish sentiment endures Equity gains stay concentrated as equal-weighted index lags With each passing week, the bear case for Wall Street proves too tempting to pass up for a handful of gutsy traders. Risky assets with lavish...

Shares extended rout this week on product chief’s departure Wall Street is focused on sales trends in June earnings report A bleak start to the year for Lululemon Athletica Inc. worsened this week after the departure of a key executive exacerbated Wall Street’s...

Complacency over AI errors will make search an even worse experience. Google should shut its new feature down. For years, to “google” meant to tap the web’s prodigious data. Today it means wading through ads, spam and, most recently, wildly inaccurate AI answers. The...

A pension expert says millions will find they can’t afford to quit their jobs, while others may be forced out of work before their nest egg is ready. Teresa Ghilarducci knows retirement. A labor economist and professor at the New School for Social Research in New...

Rising global equity breadth to be a contrarian sell indicator All major asset classes record inflows in latest week: BofA The rally in global equity markets is at risk of overheating, according to Bank of America Corp. strategist Michael Hartnett. The bank’s...

Economy grew 0.3% in first quarter, while inflation sped up Presidential election will take place in less than two weeks Mexico’s economy eked out weak growth at the start of the year as inflation sped up further above target in a fresh sign of the challenges its next...

Prices impacted by Fed officials dampening rate-cut hopes Metal’s rally ‘showing signs of easing,’ Jinrui Futures says Copper steadied following the biggest drop in almost two years, as Chinese factories balked at paying record prices and Federal Reserve officials...

First-time claims declined to 215,000 in week ended May 18 Benefit applications have remained subdued in recent months Initial applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining subdued as both demand for workers and layoffs ease. First-time...

Charles Schwab Corp. is planning to roll out an alternative investments platform in phases for individual investors this year. The platform will offer investors access to private equity, venture capital, private credit and long-short exchange funds to start, with one...

Goldman economists see debt-to-GDP rising to 130% in 2034 Real interest expense will catapult higher over coming decade Goldman Sachs Group Inc. updated its longer-term US fiscal outlook Wednesday, with its new projections seeing a key metric of debt sustainability...

Contract closings dropped 1.9% to 4.14 million rate last month Median selling price rose to $407,600 - record for any April Sales of US existing homes unexpectedly fell for a second month in April, adding to evidence that the resale market is struggling for traction...

Wall Street giant fined $78 million in UK for 2022 trades London staffer’s fat-finger blunder triggered Europe selloff For one Citigroup Inc. trader in London, the morning of May 2, 2022 went from bad to worse. It was a public holiday in the UK, so it should have been...

U.S. existing home sales unexpectedly fell in April as higher mortgage rates and house prices weighed on demand, dealing another setback to the housing market. Home sales slipped 1.9% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14 million units, the National...

BYD’s Seagull hatchback is set to start Europe sales next year, beating the competition on price Cheap electric vehicles from China are already pushing into Europe, undercutting one of the region’s biggest industries. BYD Co., which overtook Tesla Inc. late last year...

Scale AI raised $1 billion in one of the year’s largest deals Startup helps tech firms improve data for building AI tools Scale AI Inc., a startup that helps top tech companies improve the data used to build artificial intelligence products, has roughly doubled its...

Turkey faces ‘existential threat’ of declining population Decrease comes despite new laws to encourage procreation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign to ensure sustainable economic growth by nurturing a larger and younger population faces a grave...

Firms of all stripes are preparing for the imminent shift to faster US stock settlement — and the issues it may bring. When US markets reopen next Tuesday after the long weekend, everything will likely seem normal. It’s only after the close and in the following days...

Japan saw sevenfold increase in money lost in latest quarter Government to announce measures to counter scams next month As Japan’s stock market booms, something else is also on the rise in the nation: investment scams. Criminals have been quick to exploit the...

Science minister Donelan says agreements will be brokered Countries are taking differing approaches to AI regulation The UK government said it would use a major summit in South Korea this week to make a fresh push on reducing the risks around artificial intelligence,...

Nio taking some 295 days to pay suppliers, up from 197 in 2021 Smaller suppliers to feel particularly harsh knock-on effects The time it’s taking for some of China’s electric-car makers to pay suppliers is ballooning — a further sign of stress in the nation’s...

These funds are now front-running the biggest upcoming investment trend with something more predictable than inside information, and this is what they’re betting on. Have you ever wondered how venture capital firms (VCs), private equity, and investment banks always...

Industrial output fuels two-speed recovery while retail lags Exports-driven growth threatened by mounting trade tensions China’s economic recovery tilted even further toward manufacturing, leaving it more vulnerable to trade barriers and highlighting the stakes of a...

Month-on-month declines in April were steepest in a decade Government is seeking to address excess housing inventories China’s home prices fell at a faster pace in April, underscoring why the government is stepping up efforts to tackle the years-long property crisis....

Authorities cut minimum down-payment ratio for homebuyers Bloomberg gauge of Chinese real estate stocks rises 9.9% Shares of Chinese property developers extended a rally after Beijing announced forceful measures to shore up the beleaguered property market. A Bloomberg...

The company tells the tech industry in a letter that "unauthorized use" of its music to train AI models "infringes our intellectual property"Sony Music warned tech companies not to mine its recordings, compositions, lyrics and more “for any purposes, including in...

New home construction increased in April after down revisions Proxy for future building fell to lowest since the end of 2022 New US home construction rose by less than forecast in April and permits for new activity dropped, suggesting the recent rise in mortgage rates...

Dating app Bumble is in a scramble to remove a series of ads arguing that celibacy is not the solution to women’s dating problems after it was called out on social media. The billboards, which included messages like, “You know full well a vow of celibacy is not the...

GDP data for last quarter of 2023 revised to show no growth Consumption, business investment, net exports all exert drag Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter as consumers and companies cut spending, extending a dismal performance that stretches back to last...

Bridgewater Associates Chief Executive Officer Nir Bar Dea warned investors of becoming too overconfident in their positions as geopolitical risks impact markets around the world.  Bridgewater has been working with clients to stress test their portfolios amid tensions...

US should cancel the added tariffs, Commerce Ministry says Analysts see measured response from Beijing before election China blasted the Biden administration’s move to increase US tariffs on a wide range of Chinese imports, vowing to take its own action, without...

Sony expects image sensors and music to be strong this year PlayStation 5 hardware sales set to remain under pressure Sony Group Corp.’s stock climbed its most in more than 18 months after it announced a share buyback and a stock split and net income beat estimates in...

Google Glass — the augmented-reality headset that flopped with consumers a decade ago — is poised for a revival, thanks to artificial intelligence. Alphabet Inc.’s Google has struggled for years to get AR spectacles to work. After the initial headset was phased out in...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. President John Waldron said the US government should not be lulled into thinking that there’s insatiable appetite for its debt. “There’s no evidence we cannot just keep going, but those of us who have been watching this for a long time are...

Burberry Plc is expected to report yet another quarter of declining sales, as the trench-coat maker grapples with weak demand from Chinese and US shoppers. The British fashion house will likely reveal that its fiscal fourth quarter — which will be reported on...

Rate cut bets drive highest optimism since November 2021: BofA But investors expect weaker global growth, corporate earnings Wagers on interest rate cuts have sent investor optimism to a two-and-a-half-year high, but stocks will suffer if evidence of stagflation...

Daiwa Securities will become Aozora’s biggest shareholder Aozora posted first loss in 15 years after US property turmoil Daiwa Securities Group Inc. shares tumbled after the firm said it will take a stake in Aozora Bank Ltd., which just suffered its first loss in 15...

New Zealand is experiencing a record exodus of citizens as a sluggish economy reduces job opportunities. Some 78,200 citizens departed in the year through March, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday in Wellington. That’s up from 74,900 in the year through February....

Twenty-year yield rises to 1.77% after cut in operation size Wide yield gap between Japan and US has fueled yen weakness Japanese sovereign bond yields are surging to the highest levels in more than a decade amid signs the central bank is ready to reduce debt...

Sony Group Corp. promoted two executives, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino, to lead its video-game business, succeeding longtime head Jim Ryan, who retired two months ago. Hulst, head of Sony’s PlayStation Studios, will continue to supervise the development of games...

Steady flow of listings bolsters rebound from slow years Games Global withdraws planned IPO set to trade Tuesday Initial public offerings in the US are poised to take a breather, with volume expected to snap a solid run of five consecutive weeks with more than $1...

The Sun sent streams of charged particles last weekend capable of impairing power infrastructure. The planet should be prepared for worse surges.  Late last week, the Sun blasted millions of tons of super-heated gas off its surface toward Earth and everyone on it....

Attorneys for parents say publishers are addicting users and causing health issues like ADHD and depression. Kushanel Donerson says her 14-year-old has played Call of Duty, NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto V and Roblox games so much over the past nine years that it led to...

Companies are ready for a recession that never seems to come Earnings surprises are on pace for their best level since 2022 North America’s largest companies are on track to post their best quarterly earnings relative to expectations in at least two years, as they’ve...

Credit contracts as government bonds record net repayment Shadow banking credit shrinks in sign of risk prevention: JLL China’s credit in April shrank for the first time as government bond sales slowed, while loan expansion was worse than expected in a sign of weak...

China’s consumer inflation quickened in April, holding above zero for a third month, while industrial prices extended a long decline that highlights weak demand in the economy. The consumer price index rose 0.3% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics...

Startups and governments are testing everything from kamikaze satellites to robotic grappling arms. A satellite the size of a milk carton may show a way to prevent Earth’s neighborhood from turning into a junkyard. The Nimbus, scheduled to soar on an Elon Musk rocket...

Southern states see jump in share of very underwater homes A dozen states have at least 2,500 more than last year: ATTOM Roughly one in 37 homes are now considered seriously underwater in the US and that share is much higher across a swath of southern states,...

With powerful magnetic and conductive properties, nickel has rapidly graduated from an industrial metal in stainless steel to a critical mineral essential to electric vehicle (EV) batteries. As nations incentivize EV adoption and manufacturers increase production,...

Young adults in their early 20s are turning to credit cards and loans to cover the higher cost of living. Millennials transitioning to adulthood after the Great Recession had it tough. But the finances of today’s early twentysomethings are even worse. Gen Z consumers...

The latest estimates of overall pandemic excess savings remaining in the U.S. economy have turned negative, suggesting that American households fully spent their pandemic-era savings as of March 2024. However, consumer spending has remained strong in recent months,...

Mortgage rates rose for the fifth week in a row, as the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 7.22% as of May 2, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday.  That’s up 5 basis points from the previous...

Google is laying off at least 200 employees from its “Core” organization, which includes key teams and engineering talent, CNBC has learned. As part of the unit’s reorganization, the company will hire corresponding roles in Mexico and India. “Announcements of this...

2024 sees slowest first four months of hiring in since 2016 AI cited for 800 job cuts in April, highest since May 2023 US companies pared back hiring plans in April, with employers announcing the fewest new hires in the first four months of the year since 2016,...

Industry boosters say they’ve learned their lessons from the last crash, but regulators need to move faster to protect a new wave of mainstream investors from the same old story. After more than a year, the freeze of a deep crypto winter has thawed. Bitcoin prices...

More retailers are closing brick-and-mortar stores across the United States, with brands including Walmart and Dollar Tree citing unsustainable business models. Some 1,290 stores have either closed or are earmarked for closure in 2024. As many as 169 stores shut in...

Conference Board index fell for a third month in April Expectations for more available jobs fell to lowest since 2011 US consumer confidence fell in April to the lowest since mid-2022 as Americans’ views of the labor market and their outlook for the economy...

Quarterly decline in industrial output steepest since 2020 Economists see slight economic contraction in January-March Japan’s factory output rebounded in March from a dismal start to the year, with the quarterly figure registering the weakest performance since the...

Natron Energy’s batteries boast cheap materials, fast response. Modern life runs on lithium-ion batteries, powering smartphones, laptops and electric cars alike. But as dominant as they’ve become, there are other ways to build a battery. Natron Energy Inc. will unveil...

A third of all S&P 500 trades now occur just before the close European research points to price distortion, liquidity issues The regular market for US equities runs for 390 minutes on a standard trading day. But at the rate things are going, eventually the last 10...

Jafco sees startups staying private longer to nab big IPOs Tokyo encouraging public to invest more in equities, startups Japan’s oldest venture capital firm is closing in on a target to triple the value of its investment, a sign of resurgence in the country’s startup...

There's been a steady drumbeat of concerns about stagflation as recent data showed economic growth slowing sharply and inflation picking up. Now, Wall Street can't ignore that unpleasant subject as its presence is starting to be felt on financial markets, especially...

Earnings fell on weakening exports and fading momentum Year-to-date profits rose 4.3%, slowing from rebound China’s industrial companies’ profits fell in March as exports flagged and deflationary pressures persisted, suggesting the economy’s stronger-than-expected...

Core PCE picked up in March when drawn to two decimal places Compounding effects are large for year-over-year figures To the naked eye, a key US inflation metric held steady in March. But look a little closer at two or three decimal places and you’ll see that it...

Another hot inflation reading reinforces that any near-term interest rate cuts are less likely as the Federal Reserve shifts to a higher-for-longer stance. The Fed's preferred inflation measure — the "core" Personal Consumption Expenditures index that excludes...

Short-term inflation views rose to 3.2% in April from 2.9% University of Michigan sentiment index at 77.2 vs 79.4 US consumer sentiment fell in April on dimmer views of personal finances and the economy as inflation expectations climbed. The University of Michigan’s...

Higher-for-longer rate settings reshape market outlook Guggenheim favors corporate bonds, Standard likes German bunds Major advanced economy central banks are likely to take back less than half of the interest-rate hikes they rammed through over the past two years —...

China’s Wang Yi sees rising ‘negative factors’ in relationship Blinken warns Asian nation on supporting Russia’s war machine President Xi Jinping warned America’s top diplomat that the US shouldn’t target or oppose China, as the world’s largest economies wrapped two...

BHP’s bid for Anglo American shows that copper will be key for the energy transition as the world electrifies. But more needs to be done to ensure there’s ample supply. The metals industry is abuzz with a possible £31 billion ($39 billion) takeover of Anglo American...

Yen’s decline is pushing fossil fuel import costs higher Power bills already set to rise as government curbs subsidies The yen’s relentless decline risks pushing power prices higher for Japan’s households and businesses. Japan buys its fuel in US dollars, and the weak...

Slowing economy may weigh on prices in coming months Rents remain high despite second quarter of declines Singapore home prices grew at a slower pace last quarter and rents fell, as the city-state’s property boom began to lose steam. Prices for private residences rose...

Cloud and data security company’s shares rise 16% on first day Plane parts maker Loar soars in debut while Marex treads water Rubrik Inc. rose 16% in its trading debut after the cloud and data security startup backed by Microsoft Corp. topped its fundraising goal with...

Avoiding a climate catastrophe is often portrayed as a question of political will. Yet the push to reduce carbon emissions is also a daunting technical and societal challenge. Retooling power and transportation systems to run on renewable energy will require far...

Economists were thrown for a loop on Thursday after new data revealed evidence of persistent inflation and a growth downshift in the U.S. Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 1.6% from a year ago in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic...

Oracle is moving to Nashville to be closer to health sector Austin suffering a slowdown in growth after pandemic boom Oracle Corp. is moving its headquarters out of the city. Tesla Inc. is pulling back after a rapid expansion. Almost a quarter of commercial office...

GDP advances an annualized 1.6%, slower than all projections First-quarter core inflation measure accelerates to 3.7% rate US economic growth slid to an almost two-year low last quarter while inflation jumped to uncomfortable levels, interrupting a run of strong...

Hello, I’m Bruce Einhorn in Hong Kong and welcome to Bloomberg’s weekly newsletter about the new space economy. Small nations are making impassioned pitches to space ventures that they need more services to survive. But first ... Three things you need to know today:...

North American food and drinks units suffer decline in volume Quaker Oats sales plunge 24% after salmonella-scare recall PepsiCo Inc. posted stronger-than-expected sales growth thanks to robust demand in its international divisions, while volumes dropped in North...

Stocks rebounded from their recent slump on Monday, but some bearish Wall Street strategists still see concerns that aren't going away anytime soon for investors. With expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates fading, signs of inflation remaining...

Profit growth momentum of the so-called Big Six technology stocks could "collapse" over the next few quarters, UBS Global Research strategists said on Monday, downgrading its rating on the mega-cap companies. Growth in earnings per share (EPS) of the "Big 6 TECH+"...

The "Global Influencer Marketing Platform Market: Analysis By Component, By Application, By Organization Size, By End Use, By Region Size and Trends with Impact of COVID-19 and Forecast up to 2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global...

Big tech shares shed over $930 billion since Nasdaq 100 peak Hopes high for Nvidia results despite worst fall in four years Big Tech earnings arrive next week, right in time for investors looking for an artificial intelligence-powered rebound in the slumping S&P...

Traders just pulled billions out of stocks and junk bonds Elevated market valuations are now stirring investor angst The great market rally of 2024 looks dangerously close to unraveling as Wall Street’s once-invincible bull brigade begins to withdraw its winnings....

US equities sold off sharply on Friday, sending tech stocks to the biggest weekly loss in 17 months, due to tensions in the Middle East and worries over the outlook for interest rates. The S&P 500 index closed down 0.9%, dropping for the sixth straight session and...

Third-quarter sales missed estimates and volumes were flat Company says productivity gains are bolstering profitability Procter & Gamble Co. sank on Friday after the maker of Pampers diapers and Dawn dish soap reported quarterly sales that fell short of Wall...

How Drones Are Revolutionizing the Economics of War [VIDEO]Source: Bloomberg  BullsNBears.com was founded to educate investors about the eight secular bear markets which have occurred in the US since 1802.  The site publishes bear market investing recommendations,...

Move past 4.75% may set disorderly selloff in motion Traders are pushing back bets on start of Fed easing cycle The Treasury market is nearing levels that risk triggering a large selloff, pushing yields on 10-year bonds back to 5%, according to Vanguard. “We are in a...

Andrew Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Daniel Mangrum, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw  As the Great Financial Crisis and associated recession were unfolding in 2009, researchers at the New York Fed joined colleagues at the Board of Governors and Philadelphia Fed...

Consumer price index rose annual 5.3% in March; est. 5.4% Central bank governor remain wary of prcing pressure South Africa’s inflation rate dipped to a two-month low in March, but that is unlikely to persuade policymakers to cut borrowing costs as the drop is...

Beef prices paid by Chinese dropped last year on weaker demand More than half of Brazil’s beef exports went to China in 2023 China’s beef imports are dwindling amid slowing consumption and ample domestic supply, dealing a blow to its biggest supplier Brazil. Official...

Olivier Armantier, Gizem Koşar, Giorgio Topa, and Wilbert van der Klaauw It has been a little over ten years since we started releasing findings from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE). In this post, we review some of the...

Over 50% chance inflation may breach target for a third year Remolona says hawkish stance doesn’t mean further tightening The window for the Philippine central bank to start reducing the key rate in the second half of 2024 is narrowing as the risk that inflation may...

Global shipments of Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone fell nearly 10% in the first quarter despite a broader smartphone market recovery as the company continues to contend with rising challengers from China such as Xiaomi. According to market intelligence firm IDC, Apple’s Q1...

Index of expected sales drops for first time in five months Homebuilders continue pulling back from sales incentives US homebuilder sentiment leveled off this month after a recent surge as would-be home buyers look for signs borrowing costs will fall. The National...

Beverly Hirtle and Anna Kovner  In March of 2023, the U.S. banking industry experienced a period of significant turmoil involving runs on several banks and heightened concerns about contagion. While many factors contributed to these events—including poor risk...

Geopolitical tensions push S&P 500 to worst week since October Brent crude and the dollar soar as traders flock to safety Just weeks ago, it all felt so easy. Jerome Powell was poised to kick off the great monetary pivot in earnest thanks to the steady demise of...

Ministers of G-7, G-20 likely to discuss issue in Washington US, EU have worried EV industries at risk from China imports US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned China’s leaders that the nation’s manufacturing power is a threat to global economic stability. Next...

OpenAI, Google executives lobby for regulators to step aside Antitrust enforcers pledge close scrutiny of AI partnerships Artificial intelligence could help cure cancer, ease energy insecurity and reduce poverty – if regulators would just get out of the way. That was...

China embassy to Japan releases statement on Kishida US visit Japan’s prime minister said China is challenge to peace China blasted remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to the US this week, saying that any “wrong actions” taken by its...

OpenAI is now 4% of Ark Venture Fund, just behind Anthropic Ark’s Winton calls foundation model progress ‘mind-blowing’ Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management has announced that it holds a stake in Silicon Valley artificial intelligence darling OpenAI, a bet that the...

Inflation isn't falling as rapidly as it did last year, and consumers are taking notice. On Friday, the latest University of Michigan survey showed consumers expect inflation to hit 3.1% in the next year, an increase from expectations of 2.9% seen during March....

New plants opening in the US south struggling to fill openings Workers don’t want to give up low-interest mortgages to move Manager recruits in the industrial Midwest are shunning offers to move to the American south — in part because they’re locked into super-low...

Matteo Crosignani, Lina Han, Marco Macchiavelli, and André F. Silva Governments increasingly use export controls to limit the spread of domestic cutting-edge technologies to other countries. The sectors that are currently involved in this geopolitical race include...

Says L’Oreal is fundamentally ‘good company’ but expensive Carmignac fund is long Adidas, Prada and short Nike, Burberry French cosmetic giant L’Oreal has returned close to 12% annually for the past 20 years, but Malte Heininger, manager of Carmignac’s Long-Short...

New Zealand consumer spending was sluggish in the first three months of the year, indicating the economy remains weak. First-quarter retail purchases on credit and debit cards rose 0.1% from the fourth quarter, when they declined 0.9%, Statistics New Zealand said...

Singapore’s economy expanded slower than economists forecast, as a spending boost from increased tourism spurred by Taylor Swift concerts failed to offset a decline in manufacturing output. Gross domestic product grew 0.1% in the quarter ended March from the prior...

Marco Cipriani, Daniel Fricke, Stefan Greppmair, Gabriele La Spada, and Karol Paludkiewicz As shown in a past Liberty Street Economics post, in the United States, the yields of money market fund (MMF) shares respond to changes in monetary policy rates much more than...

Discretionary among most net sold sectors last week: Goldman Retail ETF continues to slide after worst week in over a year Hedge funds are turning more bearish on US stocks and retailers amid uncertainty about how Americans are coping with persistent inflation and...

Fulvia Fringuellotti and Saketh Prazad Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the stock prices of U.S banks fell amid concerns about the exposure of the banking sector to interest rate risk. Thus, between March 8 and March 15, 2023, the S&P 500 Bank index...

Tech investors are cautious as economies, IPO markets sputter AI is a bright spot as investors bet on technology’s promise Global venture capital funding declined 30% in the first quarter, continuing its slump as investors remain cautious amid sputtering economies and...

NFIB sentiment index declined nearly a point in March to 88.5 Sales expectations deteriorated, inflation still a top concern US small-business optimism dropped to a more than 11-year low in March as sales expectations slumped and inflationary pressures remained a...

The laws governing artificial intelligence are increasingly different depending on where you are in the US, a mounting source of confusion for businesses racing to capitalize on the rise of AI. This year, Utah state lawmakers are debating legislation requiring certain...

Cecilia Caglio and Adam Copeland A classic question for U.S. financial firms is whether to organize themselves as entities that are affiliated with a bank-holding company (BHC). This affiliation brings benefits, such as access to liquidity from other affiliated...

The share of US small-business owners who plan to add jobs fell in March for a fourth straight month, pointing to softer demand for labor. Some 11% of firms said they intend to add workers in the next three months on net, down a percentage point from February and the...

This week ties a three-day record set in 2008, data show Spike reflects weakness in telecom, pharmaceutical industries Going bankrupt happens slowly, then all at once, to paraphrase an old saying. For businesses of all sizes, all at once is happening now. This week is...

Fed’s Michael Barr says effects likely to extend for few years Vice chair speaks at event in Washington on Wednesday The Federal Reserve’s Michael Barr warned that banks are likely to continue to face stress from the struggling commercial real estate sector for an...

Stellantis, Ford and GM all showed weakness in first quarter Falling pickup sales part of broader shift to cheaper vehicles Sales of pricey pickup trucks at Stellantis NV, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. faltered in the first quarter, a sign that high borrowing...

Iron ore prices fell to a ten-month low in April 2024. The drop was attributed to a warning from the China Iron and Steel Association about delayed steel demand recovery. Chinese steel mills were advised to take proactive measures to balance supply and demand in the...

ISM services PMI declined 1.2 points in March to 51.4 Measures of supplier deliveries and new orders decreased Growth in the US services sector eased in March for a second month while a gauge of input costs slumped to a four-year low. The Institute for Supply...

Hyeyoon Jung, Robert Engle, Shan Ge, and Xuran Zeng As the frequency and severity of natural disasters increase with climate change, insurance—the main tool for households and businesses to hedge natural disaster risks—becomes increasingly important. Can the insurance...

US carmaker’s share has fallen below 7% from 10.5% a year ago Tesla relies on just two models in highly competitive market The global slowdown in electric vehicle demand that contributed to Tesla Inc.’s biggest-ever quarterly sales miss is hurting Elon Musk’s standing...

Country seeks to bolster prices as farmers prepare to plant Corn prices in China near lowest in more than three years Chinese customs have asked some traders to limit deliveries of foreign corn into bonded areas in a move aimed at easing domestic oversupply and...

U.S. housing prices are likely to enter a long period of decline, advisory firm CEO saysSource: CNBC  BullsNBears.com was founded to educate investors about the eight secular bear markets which have occurred in the US since 1802.  The site publishes bear market...

Bloomberg Economics ran a million forecast simulations on the US debt outlook. 88% of them show borrowing on an unsustainable path. The Congressional Budget Office warned in its latest projections that US federal government debt is on a path from 97% of GDP last year...

FX strategy head sees BOJ intervention with dollar-yen at 152 That is unlikely to support the yen without Fed rate cuts The yen could slide to hit 160 per dollar unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates this year, according to Bank of America Corp. Any...

Griffin shared hedge fund’s outlook in letter to investors He said the firm predicts a ‘challenging’ economic landscape Citadel founder Ken Griffin told investors he expects modest economic growth in upcoming quarters and cited US national debt as a “growing concern...

ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / April 1, 2024 / Nutriband Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRB)(NASDAQ:NTRBW), a pharmaceutical company with a specific focus on transdermal technologies, today announces it has been engaged by and received a first order from Fit For Life Group (FFL), a major...

Donald P. Morgan and Wilbert van der Klaauw Overdraft credit, when banks and credit unions allow customers to spend more than their checking account holds, has many critics. One fundamental concern is whether overdrafts are salient—whether account holders know how...

Central bank expected to start easing cycle after pace slows Prices ease after everyday food items double in three years Pakistan’s inflation pace eased in March for a third month in a row to the lowest in almost two years as record borrowing costs weakened economic...

Taiwan, Japan, South Korea PMIs remain just below 50-threshold Business optimism improves as demand seen to rebound this year Asia’s manufacturing activity painted a mixed picture in March as new orders and output worsened for some amid still subdued global demand...

Foreign inflows to South Korea are biggest in Asia after Japan Samsung, SK Hynix are among foreign funds’ favorites in 1Q Bets on artificial intelligence drove the largest quarterly foreign inflow to South Korean shares, contributing to a global rally in AI-related...