Bloomberg Stock investors in China are ignoring a spate of recent bullish earnings as worries about further liquidity tightening continue to weigh on market sentiment. A 1200% jump in Tesla Inc-supplier Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co’s first-quarter earnings guidance was followed by a slump of as much as 7.7% in its shares on Tuesday. In the previous session, Suofeiya Home ...
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Stocks fall from record highs; bond yields rise
Bloomberg US stocks pushed lower while investors weighed the start of corporate earnings season and an influx of bond supply that loom as speedbumps to a roaring rally. Tech shares turned lower again after Nvidia Corp. said it’s offering the company’s first server microprocessors, extending a push into Intel Corp.’s most lucrative market. Intel shares fell more than 4% on ...
Read More »Rupee tumbles with stocks as virus cases in India hit new record
Bloomberg India’s deepening coronavirus crisis slammed the nation’s stocks and currency on concern it will deliver a fresh blow to an economy that’s only just recovering from the worst contraction in nearly seven decades. The Indian rupee dropped past 75 to a dollar for the first time since August 2020, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index declined as much ...
Read More »Goldman’s Kostin says Biden tax plan will slash earnings
Bloomberg Joe Biden’s tax hike proposals will deal a blow to corporate earnings growth next year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategists warned, highlighting a headwind for US equities following a rally that has pushed prices to record highs. The US president wants to raise corporate income tax to 28% and set a 21% minimum levy on global corporate earnings. The ...
Read More »Asia’s positive stock outlook clouded by Chinese selloff
Bloomberg The allure of Asian stocks is fading after beating global peers last year. While 2021 began with investors expecting regional stocks to continue leading the global equity rebound as vaccine rollouts gather pace, that conviction now seems to be in short supply owing to a selloff in Chinese shares and concerns over dollar strength. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index ...
Read More »Stock bulls bet it all on earnings guesses with troubled record
Bloomberg You’re never sure what earnings seasons will bring. Hence their volatility. But one thing is certain about the first-quarter results about to be disclosed. They couldn’t matter less to the market’s current valuations. And while it’s a Wall Street cliche that “the guidance is what matters,†that view is being taken to absurd extents right now, when the S&P ...
Read More »Global stocks hover around record; bond yields decline
Bloomberg Markets settled into a holding pattern on Wednesday, with global stocks hovering around all-time highs as investors awaited details of the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting. Bond yields fall. Futures on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 edged higher after the underlying gauges retreated overnight as volume on US exchanges dwindled below 10 billion shares for the first time ...
Read More »Deliveroo shares rise as retail investors start trading stock
Bloomberg Deliveroo Holdings Plc, which collapsed in its London debut last week after a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.1 billion) initial public offering (IPO), gained as much as 3.9% as retail investors began to trade the company’s shares. Although the food-delivery startup listed publicly on the standard segment of the London Stock Exchange, trading remained conditional, meaning only institutional investors were allowed ...
Read More »Overseas funds are loving Malaysia glove stocks again
Bloomberg Foreign investors are using the selloff in Malaysian glove makers to return to last year’s stock market stars. Top Glove Corp. and Supermax Corp. are among the top three stocks on the buy list of foreigners this year through April 2, attracting net inflows of 1.4 billion ringgit ($340 million), according to CGS CIMB Research. Global funds bought a ...
Read More »US futures decline; Europe stocks advance to record
Bloomberg American stock futures dipped, suggesting the rally that drove the S&P 500 to an all-time high may pause as concern China is curtailing loan growth tempered optimism stoked by the US economic rebound. Contracts on the S&P 500 slipped along with those on the Nasdaq 100 after large US technology stocks rise, including a surge by Facebook Inc. to ...
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