May 2, 2022
“…Japanese institutional managers — known for their legendary U.S. debt buying sprees in recent decades — are now fueling the great bond selloff just as the Federal Reserve pares its $9 trillion balance sheet. The latest data from BMO Capital… Continue Reading…
April 13, 2022
“…The producer price index, which measures the prices paid by wholesalers, increased 11.2% from a year ago, the most in a data series going back to November 2010. On a monthly basis, the gauge climbed 1.4%, above the 1.1% Dow… Continue Reading…
February 25, 2022
“…The core personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve’s primary inflation gauge, rose 5.2% from a year ago, slightly more than the 5.1% Dow Jones estimate. It was the highest level since April 1983. Including food and energy prices,… Continue Reading…
January 28, 2022
“Japan’s Toyota Motor said on Friday its vehicle sales rose by 10.1% last year, making it the world’s biggest carmaker for a second straight year and putting it further ahead of its nearest rival, Germany’s Volkswagen. The carmaker said sales were 10.5… Continue Reading…
January 19, 2022
“On Tuesday, Microsoft said it’s buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion, a price that would narrowly eclipse the richest U.S. tech deal in history. In 2016, Dell purchased EMC for $67 billion. The JDS-SDL deal comes next, followed by IBM’s $34 billion… Continue Reading…
December 15, 2021
“London (CNN Business)Germany is teetering on the brink of recession this winter as supply bottlenecks and a wave of new coronavirus cases hobble the economy. Europe’s largest economy will shrink 0.5% in the fourth quarter of this year, compared with the third, and stagnate… Continue Reading…
November 16, 2021
“ Wall Street is set to see the biggest bonus increases since the Great Recession after a busy and profitable 2021, according to a report from pay consultancy Johnson Associates. Overall bonuses for investment banking underwriters are forecast to jump… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2021
“The consumer price index, which is a basket of products ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents, rose 6.2% from a year ago, the most since December 1990. That compared with the 5.9% Dow Jones estimate. On… Continue Reading…
July 1, 2021
“After a jaw-dropping rally this spring, lumber prices have come back down to earth as supply increased, speculative trading action cooled and homebuilding demand eased. Lumber futures tanked more than 40% in June alone, suffering their worst month on record dating back… Continue Reading…
March 29, 2021
“Boeing – Shares of the aircraft maker gained more than 2%, becoming the biggest outperformer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in midday trading. The advance came after news that Southwest Airlines had added 100 orders for the airliner’s 737 Max jet.… Continue Reading…
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