Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Wall Street’s rebound since late March has been driven by the smallest number of stocks on record, pushing US market concentration to an all-time high and prompting warnings about the “fragility” of the rally. The…
A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean stocks rose Monday to hit a fresh record, following their strongest monthly gain in April, as investors weighed tensions between Iran…
Lately, financial markets appear confused. Oil prices recently hit their highest level since the start of the war in Iran, stoking broad worries about inflation and a global energy crisis. Yet, it has been the best month for the stock market of President Trump’s second term. The S&P 500 ended April nearly 10 percent higher…
US stocks are set for their best month since the coronavirus pandemic, as strong earnings and plans for further huge spending on AI persuade investors to shrug off concerns over the fallout from the US-Iran war. The S&P 500 has climbed almost 10 per cent in April — its biggest monthly jump since the November…
We do not have enough money coming into this market. The funds flow only to stocks tied to the data center buildout and a few others. Even the most tangential of the data center “stories,” such as the warehouse REITs and machinery stocks like Cummins and Dover, manage to sustain themselves if they have healthy…
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Shorouk Express ‘A historic moment’: Trump tariffs bring in seismic shift in US trade President Donald Trump is breaking with decades of globalisation and pursuing protectionism, waging a global trade war on allies and enemies alike. How significant is this shift? For Carmen Reinhart, a former chief economist of the World Bank and professor at…
