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 ...

  Bloomberg While investors are impatient for the Federal Reserve to deliver its last rate hike to pile back into equities, history shows they should be wary of doing so while inflation remains persistently high, according to Bank of America Corp. (BofA) strategists. An analysis by Michael Hartnett and his team showed that stocks outperformed after the Fed stopped increasing ...

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co said it would reinstate its dividend following a pause of more than two years, becoming the first major US carrier to resume the shareholder payouts after they were suspended during the pandemic as a condition of receiving government aid. Southwest’s board approved a quarterly dividend of 18 cents a share to be paid on January ...

  Bloomberg China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd (Calc) is considering selling some of its assets outside greater China that could raise about $3 billion in a transaction, according to people familiar with the matter. The Hong Kong-listed company is looking to divest around 40 aircraft and approximately 180 aircraft production slots, said the people, who asked not to be ...

  Bloomberg India has proposed curbing the import of private jets and helicopters as the South Asian nation seeks to plug a widening trade deficit, according to a document from the country’s aviation ministry seen by Bloomberg. Any import of planes weighing more than 15,000 kilograms (33,100 pounds) unladen as well as turbo jets are also “non-essential” and shouldn’t be ...

  Bloomberg Glassmaker Pochet du Courval SAS has been making perfume bottles for the world’s top beauty brands since before the telephone was invented, through countless consumer booms and busts. Executives at the French company say they have never been busier than they are right now. “The demand is just so strong that we can’t keep up,” said Yves Bouquier, ...

  Bloomberg A fine against former Steinhoff International Holdings CEO  Markus Jooste for insider trading has been cut by almost 90% after a local tribunal set aside the original penalty. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has issued a revised penalty of 20 million rand ($1.2 million) against Jooste, down from the 162 million rand announced in October 2020, it said ...

  Bloomberg French prosecutors won’t seek convictions of Airbus SE and Air France-KLM’s French unit over the deadly crash of a plane in the Atlantic en route from Brazil to Paris more than a decade ago. Both the planemaker and airline are standing trial for involuntary manslaughter, but the prosecutor’s office said it’s “not in a position” to request conviction, ...

  Bloomberg Oil snapped a four-day drop amid an outage on a major US pipeline and optimism over China’s reopening. West Texas Intermediate climbed as much as 4.8% in New York, surpassing $75. The Keystone oil pipeline, which can haul more than 600,000 barrels a day of crude from Canada into the US, was halted after spillage into a creek. ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc is seeing countries around the world roll into recessionary environments, with the US economy on track to follow them in the second half of next year, said Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser. The New York-based bank is worried in particular about Europe, which Fraser said has already entered a recession. It may take years for countries across ...