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Source: Live Mint The week ahead for Wall Street investors is going to be busy as they will witness crucial inflation data, with producer and consumer price reports slated to be declared. Among other economic data, market participants will also get retail sales and industrial production reports to monitor. The week will also see earnings…
Source: Live Mint Equities continued to dominate investors’ minds in 2024. This is despite an eventful year with high volatility due to multiple global events, including a new war, weaker-than-expected economic growth, disappointing earnings, and subsequent FPI outflows. Going forward, factors like corporate earnings slowdown, sticky inflation, geopolitical tensions, higher US bond yields, strong dollar…
Source: Live Mint US stock indices declined on Wednesday after softer-than-expected jobs data and a media report that said President-elect Donald Trump was mulling a national economic emergency declaration. An ADP National Employment report showed the US added 122,000 jobs in the private sector in December 2024. A separate Labor Department report showed jobless claims…
Source: Live Mint (Updated to New York afternoon trading) NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield hit the highest since May on Monday while the 30-year yield posted a 14-month high before the Treasury’s auction of longer-dated debt over the next two days. Demand was soft for the Treasury’s sale of…
Source: Live Mint Atul Singh, CEO, LGT Wealth India talks about the shifts in investment strategies, the growing appeal of alternative investments, and the evolving landscape for global diversification. Edited excerpts: Can you start by telling us a bit about LGT Wealth India and your role there? LGT is a global leader in private banking…
Source: Live Mint US stocks dropped on Monday on a sell-off in Big Tech companies and on elevated Treasury yields. At 09:57 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 651.52 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 42,340.69, the S&P 500 lost 89.52 points, or 1.51 per cent, to 5,881.32 and the Nasdaq Composite lost…
Source: Live Mint After a sharp sell-off on Wall Street last week, market participants will witness sparse economic data in the holiday-shortened week ahead. No major events are scheduled in the week. The sell-off thwarted the seasonal Santa Claus rally, in which stocks rise on the last five sessions of December and the first two…
Source: Live Mint NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar edged higher on Thursday on expectations the currency would be boosted next year by policies by the incoming Donald Trump administration that are expected to boost growth and lift inflation. Trading volumes were light on Thursday with many traders on holiday after Wednesday’s Christmas holiday…
Source: Live Mint Not long ago gold seemed to have lost its lustre. In the decades after President Richard Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971, the yellow metal fell out of favour with central banks, which hoarded their reserves in dollars instead. In the 1980s and 1990s investors and households grew weary of its…
Source: Live Mint Implications for India’s monetary policy The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) faces a delicate balancing act. With the Fed signalling a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, foreign capital inflows into India could diminish, especially as US treasury yields become increasingly attractive. This may prompt the RBI to consider steps to…
