Bloomberg Count small-cap stocks among the casualties of the quickly unraveling reflation trade. The Russell 2000 Index fell more than 1% as the fastest inflation since 2008 fueled concern over pricing pressures and the growth potential of smaller US companies. The retreat contrasts with a gain in the Nasdaq 100, where technology megacaps are increasingly favoured for their strong earnings …

Abu Dhabi / WAM – Bloomberg World hunger spiked last year, outpacing population growth and probably reaching the highest since 2005, as the Covid-19 pandemic curbed incomes and access to food, according to the United Nations. As many as 811 million people — about a 10th of the global population — were undernourished in 2020, a UN report said. The …

Bloomberg Equity investors in India face the risk of earnings disappointment after a rally that’s propelled the local stock benchmark to successive records this year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. As business activity resumes following one of the world’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks, consensus earnings estimates may end up being overdone, said Sanjay Mookim, head of India equity research at …