The next few days are crucial for the future direction of the equity markets. Investors are nervously awaiting fresh US inflation data, which will be important for the future monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones ended jittery trading up 0.1 percent at 29,239.19 points. The market-wide S&P 500 was down 0.7 […]
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The IMF chief has issued a gloomy assessment of the global economy, signalling that the fund will issue fresh downgrades of its economic projections next week. Kristalina Georgieva warned that growth in all of the world’s largest economies was slowing down, leaving “severe strains” in some places. The near collapse of some UK pension funds […]
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Recent equity market volatility has sparked debate among investors as to whether the pendulum has swung from decoupling to recoupling. A few days of brutal market action was enough to turn the tide and the debate turned from decoupling to recoupling for India within days. The fatal blow to the decoupling debate came as the […]
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This September was the worst September for the stock market since 2002, with the S&P 500 falling by more than 9%. This is a bleak milestone in a year where the stock market has seemingly gone from bad to worse and hurt almost every investor. With so much turbulence over the last quarter, month and […]
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The stock market is in a state of flux, with bears and bulls fighting for control. On Thursday, interest rate and recession fears pushed prices down, with the Dow Jones losing 600 points in early trading. However, this may be due to positive data from the US job market, which indicates that the number of […]
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