Category: Financial Markets

  • What To Expect in Markets This Week – Fed Meeting, Tariffs Deadline, July Jobs Report

    What To Expect in Markets This Week – Fed Meeting, Tariffs Deadline, July Jobs Report

    The Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday. A Friday deadline for tariffs on Canada, Mexico, the European Union along with other trading partners also looms. The July employment report arrives the same day. Second-quarter gross domestic product, the personal-consumption-expenditures price index, and earnings from Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Apple, Amazon in addition to…

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  • Five Facts Before the Opening Bell

    Five Facts Before the Opening Bell

    U.S. equity index futures tilt downward after President Donald Trump pledges punitive tariffs on Canadian goods effective 1 August. Bitcoin retreats. BP cautions that softer fuel prices will depress second quarter earnings. Investors confront the following developments. S&P 500 futures slip 0.5 percent. Nasdaq 100 contracts retreat 0.4 percent. Both benchmarks closed at record levels…

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  • Five Points to Watch Before the Opening Bell

    Five Points to Watch Before the Opening Bell

    U.S. equity index futures diverge. Contracts tied to the S&P 500 rise 0.1 percent. Nasdaq futures add 0.6 percent after Nvidia posts a pre market gain. Dow futures slip 0.1 percent following yesterday’s 0.2 percent advance. The ten year Treasury yield holds at 4.21 percent. Gold futures climb 0.3 percent to $2,370 an ounce. Brent…

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  • Weekly Market Outlook

    Weekly Market Outlook

    President Donald Trump reaches the 100th day of his second term on Wednesday. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, General Motors, Starbucks, Eli Lilly, Airbnb, Cigna, Booking Holdings, Welltower, UBS, Caterpillar, United Parcel Service and dozens of smaller firms release quarterly statements between Monday but also Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the…

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