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Equity selloff deepens as recession fears grow

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures dropped with European stocks amid concern the resolve of central banks to continue their fight against inflation will tip the economy into a recession. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fall at least 1.1% each after the underlying indexes posted their biggest declines since November 2. Europe’s Stoxx 600 slid to a five-week ...

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Elon Musk’s Tesla share sales approach the $40 billion mark

  Bloomberg Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla Inc. shares, bringing the total amount he’s offloaded since late last year to almost $40 billion. The latest disposal of about 22 million shares this week coincided with Musk falling from the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a position he’d occupied since September of last year. Tesla’s ...

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US, European equities tumble as Fed shock halts global rally

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures and European stocks declined after the Federal Reserve rebuffed expectations for a dovish tilt and said interest rates will go higher for longer. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 gauges fell at least 1.1% each. Demand for haven assets sent the dollar and Swiss franc higher amid a wave of rate hikes from ...

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US futures swing amid caution over Federal Reserve response

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures fluctuated between gains and losses as investors debated whether inflation had eased enough to encourage the Federal Reserve to slow monetary tightening. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index rose about 0.1% each after the rally in US stocks on the back of a fifth month of decline in consumer-price growth. Treasuries rallied ...

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Tesla stock rout putting market cap below $500b

  Bloomberg The selloff in Tesla Inc shares that accelerated after the electric-vehicle maker was reported last week to be planning to temporarily suspend output at its Shanghai factory pushed the company’s market valuation briefly below the coveted half-trillion-dollar mark. Shares of the EV industry leader have been in a freefall over the past few months, sinking nearly 40% since ...

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Shopify’s $118 billion rout slows Canada’s stellar stock-market run

  Bloomberg Shopify Inc.’s 70 percent plunge has almost single-handedly dragged the Canadian stock market into the red this year, taking the shine off what would otherwise be one of the world’s top-performing major equity benchmarks. The e-commerce software provider has lost C$161 billion ($118 billion) in market value in 2022, causing a 978-point drag on the S&P/TSX Composite Index. ...

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Stocks, US futures up as traders await CPI

  Bloomberg US index futures and European equities rise amid forecasts inflation in the world’s largest economy will post the lowest figure this year, warranting a less hawkish Federal Reserve. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 advanced at least 0.1% each after the underlying indexes climbed on December 12 by the most in December. The Stoxx 600 gauge ...

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Star Southeast Asia unicorns see $51bn gone since listings

Bloomberg Global investors who put their faith in three of Southeast Asia’s high-profile tech startups are facing a grim reality that’s seen the firms lose $51 billion in value in the past year-and-a-half since their equity debuts. Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings Ltd., which listed in New York about a year ago, has shed over 70% of its market value. ...

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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs say earnings are biggest risk for stocks

Bloomberg This week’s US inflation print and Federal Reserve decision might be at the forefront of most investors’ minds, but for some of Wall Street’s most prominent strategists it’s the prospect of future profit downgrades that’s the biggest worry for stocks. According to notes from Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson and Goldman Sachs Group’s David Kostin, earnings could contract more than ...

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World’s top money managers see double-digit stock gains in 2023

  Bloomberg Some of the world’s biggest investors predict that stocks will see low double-digit gains next year, which would bring relief after global equities suffered their worst loss since 2008. Amid recent optimism that inflation has peaked — and that the Federal Reserve could soon start to change its tone— 71% of respondents in a Bloomberg News survey expect ...

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