Markets Apple’s soggy post-earnings performance, a flood of other earnings news and weaker oil prices are weighing on equities, with U.S. stock index futures swimming in the red. Of the 150 S&P companies that have reported so far, 75.3% have … Continue reading
Markets The largest S&P 500 stock by market capitalization – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) – is the highlight of today’s earnings reports. The Q4 results will offer the first peek into sales of the new iPhone 7 and the extra business the … Continue reading
Markets Markit’s manufacturing PMI for the eurozone rose to a 30-month high of 53.3, topping estimates of 52.6. Germany’s print of 55.1 was a 33-month high, and France’s of 51.3 was the strongest in 10 months. Meanwhile in Spain, the … Continue reading
Markets Microsoft’s shares climbed 5.4% premarket and topped the stock’s all-time high of $59.56 after its FQ1 earnings exceeded expectations and sales of its cloud platform Azure more than doubled. EPS came in at $0.76 while revenue rose 3% to … Continue reading
Markets Saudi Arabia has raised $17.5B in the largest ever bond sale by an emerging-market country as it looks to reduce its $97B budget deficit. The government could have raised even more, with Bloomberg reporting that it received orders of … Continue reading
Markets China’s GDP growth remained at 6.7% on year in Q3, as expected, boosted by yet more government spending, record bank lending and an over-heating property market, all of which are adding to the massive debt in the country. “Economic … Continue reading
Markets Global equities were higher at the time of writing as a weakening dollar helped strengthen oil prices, thereby boosting global sentiment, and ahead of U.S. CPI data this morning. Inflation is expected to have risen to 1.5% on year … Continue reading
Markets Long-dated government bond yields are up nicely again today nearly across the board. Leading the way are Spanish 10-years, up 11 basis points to 1.156%. The U.K. 10-year Gilt yield is higher by another 9 basis points to 1.09%. … Continue reading
Markets With financials priding itself as the only positive sector so far this month, will upcoming bank earnings hurt or help? Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup (NYSE:C) and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) all report results ahead of the opening bell and are viewed … Continue reading
Markets Minutes from the September FOMC meeting… Many members thought raising rates would be warranted “relatively soon” if the U.S. economy continued to strengthen, but internal divisions remained over the timing of the next move. A few participants also raised … Continue reading