New York (dpa) – The US stock exchanges increased their losses suffered at the beginning of the week on Tuesday. Just before the start of corporate reporting season, investors shied away from risk. In the coming days, major banks in particular will present fresh quarterly figures. After a mixed start, the leading index Dow Jones … Read more
“I believe this event will go down in financial history alongside the South Sea bubble and market downturns in 1929 and 2000,” he noted. However, the current development on the US stock exchanges (at least so far) does not confirm his words or the fears of other skeptics. The most watched S&P 500 index has … Read more
– Trader on the New York Stock Exchange View of the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – New York, Frankfurt The US stock exchanges rose on Monday. Above all, easing inflation worries drove prices, said traders. The yield on the landmark 10-year US Treasury bond fell … Read more
– The New York Stock Exchange ended the week on a decidedly optimistic tone on Friday, banking on upcoming central bank action to stimulate a faltering global economy: the Dow Jones gained 0.77% and the Nasdaq 0.54%. In Toronto, investors were less enthusiastic, with the S & P / TSX advancing a meager 0.16%. According … Read more
– The Toronto Stock Exchange ended the day lower, dragged down by energy stocks. The S & P / TSX index dropped 12 points to finish at 12,403 points. The Canadian stock market has been affected by the federal government’s decision at midnight Friday not to approve the acquisition of Progress Energy by Petronas. Progress … Read more
New York wears mask. Whether at Whole Foods in Gowanus, at the fresh market in Carroll Gardens or while jogging along the piers on the East River: respiratory masks are part of the cityscape these days. Carrying is not compulsory. But Mayor Bill de Blasio suggests it. Because the city is still in the eye … Read more
Rats run across the tracks. Waste flows in a trickle between the rails. And the tiles fall down from the walls. The New York subway is an impertinence. Not just because of the cleanliness. Trains get stuck in tunnels, stop operating in the middle of Brooklyn and, contrary to the timetable, do not go to … Read more
Discount Difference in percent by which the issue price or the stock exchange price of a security falls below the nominal value or the intrinsic value. Opposite: buyer’s premium. All articles on this technical term – share Security that embodies a share in the capital of a stock corporation. It guarantees the owner membership rights … Read more
The power struggle in the USA is now also clouding the traditionally amicable relationship between the Treasury and the central bank. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced last week that he will not renew five emergency loan programs on December 31st. The Federal Reserve was apparently taken by surprise. Richard Evans, president of Chicago’s district central … Read more
(Reuters / RB) Four minutes after the start of stock trading, a fifteen-minute break was ordered in New York. The trigger was the biggest price fall since the financial crisis. In the turbulence of 2008/2009, new rules were issued, which have now been applied again for the first time since December 2008. The leading indices … Read more