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  • Oil Futures End The Day Higher With Optimistic Forecasts For The US Economy

    Oil Futures End The Day Higher With Optimistic Forecasts For The US Economy

    Oil futures prices ended the day higher after falling earlier in the morning. The reversal was caused by the US Government’s Energy Information Administration’s optimistic projection of demand and the economy.“A monthly report by the agency projected that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth would increase by 1.9% in 2023, up from 1.5% in a previous…

  • Generative AI Market To Hit $1.3 Trillion By 2032, Says BlackRock

    Generative AI Market To Hit $1.3 Trillion By 2032, Says BlackRock

    The artificial intelligence (AI) market will reach $1.3 trillion by 2032, according to the projection of Jeff Spiegel, head of Megatrends and international ETFs at BlackRock. According to him, in 2022, this market was valued at around US$ 40 billion. During a panel at the TAG Summit, held today by the manager TAG Investimentos, Spiegel…

  • European Stocks Close Lower, Driven By Banks And China

    European Stocks Close Lower, Driven By Banks And China

    European stock markets closed lower today, extending the losses of the previous session, pressured by bad balance sheets, such as that of Glencore, whose profit fell by half because of the drop in demand in China. The weak data of the Chinese trade balance, published at dawn, also pressured the main indices. Bank shares fell…

  • Crypto this Tuesday: Coinbase’s Millionaire Bond Buyback, Binance Gets License in El Salvador, and More

    Crypto this Tuesday: Coinbase’s Millionaire Bond Buyback, Binance Gets License in El Salvador, and More

    Coinbase celebrates high with millionaire bond buyback managed by Citigroup After robust Q2 performance, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has proposed to buy back up to $150 million of its $1 billion bond, due in 2031. Investors who sell bonds by Aug. 18 will receive $645 for $1,000 of the face value; after that date and through September 1,…

  • Moody’s Downgrades US Banks Over Rising Costs And Office Exposure

    Moody’s Downgrades US Banks Over Rising Costs And Office Exposure

    Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the credit ratings of 10 small and medium-sized U.S. banks and said it may downgrade larger creditors, including the U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) , Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK), State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) and Truist Financial Corp (NYSE:TFC), as part of a comprehensive review of mounting pressures on the…

  • US Trade Balance Posts $65.5 Billion Deficit In June

    US Trade Balance Posts $65.5 Billion Deficit In June

    The US trade balance registered a deficit of US$ 65.5 billion in June, after showing a deficit of US$ 68.3 billion in May, according to the country’s Department of Commerce. Analysts had expected a $65.0 billion deficit in June. Exports totaled US$ 247.4 billion in June, which represents a drop of 0.14% in relation to…

  • U.S. Stocks May Move Back To The Downside In Early Trading

    U.S. Stocks May Move Back To The Downside In Early Trading

    US Market The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower open on Tuesday, with a Moody’s downgrade of several banks likely to weigh on the markets. U.S. stocks closed on a firm note on Monday, recovering well after recent sharp losses, as investors looked ahead to more earnings updates and data on…

  • Tuesday’s Wall Street Highlights: Novo Nordisk, RingCentral, Chegg, UPS, AMC, and more

    Tuesday’s Wall Street Highlights: Novo Nordisk, RingCentral, Chegg, UPS, AMC, and more

    US Index Futures are down in premarket trading on Tuesday, reflecting data on German inflation, the Chinese trade balance and awaiting corporate earnings. By 07:22 AM, Dow Jones futures (DOWI:DJI) were down 234 points, or 0.66%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.71%, while Nasdaq-100 futures were down 0.77%. The 10-year Treasury yield was at 3.99%. In Germany,…

  • North American Morning Briefing: Sentiment Hit by Weak China Data

    North American Morning Briefing: Sentiment Hit by Weak China Data

    Market Wraps Watch For: Trade for June; Canada Trade for June; Fedspeak from Patrick Harker and Thomas Barkin; Earnings from United Parcel Service, Eli Lilly Today’s Top Headlines/Must Reads: – New Lending by Mortgage REITs Has Dried Up – Surprise Stock-Market Rally Bulldozes Bearish Hedge Funds – Elon Musk Calls Cybertruck Tesla’s ‘Best Product Ever.’…

  • US Futures, European Stocks Fall

    US Futures, European Stocks Fall

    In the U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.3%. Changes in futures do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.4% in morning trading. Quilter rose 8.3% and Banco BPM climbed 2.4%. On the other…