Early on Monday, U.S. stock futures faced a decline due to an escalation in violence in the Middle East, impacting investor sentiment. Here’s a breakdown of how stock-index futures were performing: On the previous Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) recorded a gain of 288 points, or 0.87%, reaching...
Higher Interest Rates Won’t Keep Stock Prices Down for Much Longer” The recent drop in the U.S. stock market can’t be solely blamed on the rise in interest rates, and investors are beginning to realize this fact. The widely held belief that stocks decline when interest rates go up is...
U.S. stock index futures saw a modest rise on Friday morning prior to the release of the September jobs report. What’s happening On Thursday, there were small decreases in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Jones went down by 10 points (equivalent to 0.03%)...
Adding to the array of challenges facing the U.S. stock market, a new concern emerges: systematic trend-following funds are reducing their market exposure, potentially exacerbating downward pressure on the markets in the upcoming weeks. Goldman analysts estimate that commodity trading advisors (CTAs), a subset of trend-following hedge funds typically engaged...
Key Insights for Today’s U.S. Trading Session While you were away, the yield on the 30-year Treasury briefly exceeded 5% earlier today, indicating ongoing turbulence in the bond market. Influential figures in the world of finance are sounding the alarm: Amidst the stock market’s erratic performance, technical analysts are closely...
U.S. Equity Futures Swing Amid Dollar’s Rally and Fed Rate Hike Concerns On Tuesday, U.S. equity futures exhibited a see-sawing performance, influenced by the surging dollar and apprehensions surrounding potential Fed interest rate hikes, along with surging Treasury bond yields. The U.S. dollar index, which gauges the greenback against six...
