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+92 213 453 4222info@learntrade.com.pkThe final stretch of a risk-off week saw stocks hit by a tech rout as worries about weakening in key areas of the economy lifted bonds. Crypto bounced after a plunge that left the asset class barely up for 2025.
Federal Reserve officials had to make their latest interest-rate decision without key economic statistics thanks to the US government shutdown. The data they will receive when the government reopens probably won’t make the next decision any easier.
It took just over a month for cryptocurrencies to erase almost all of this year’s market value gains.
Oil rose, paring a second weekly loss, as the market continued to weigh the threat to output from sanctions on Russia against a looming oversupply.
CarMax Inc.’s disastrous quarterly numbers prompted at least five Wall Street firms to lower their ratings on the stock as the used-car retailer faces long-term challenges and uncertainties.
Onex Corp.’s top executive says the alternative asset manager is open to making further large bets on insurance companies following its move to team up with American International Group Inc. on a major deal.
Treasury market bulls and bears fought to a draw this week as conflicting private-sector data on the health of the US labor market left expectations for another Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December in limbo.
Petrobras will continue expanding production at the world’s biggest oil field this year while avoiding cost inflation as it advances deep-water projects.
Less than one year into Donald Trump’s second term and the post-election ebullience has evaporated from shares of his social media company as sales stagnate and profitability remains elusive.
Peru’s central bank has stepped into the currency market, buying dollars for the first time in five years after a rally in the sol pushed it to levels not seen since 2020.
Javier Cuellar, who arrived at the Finance Ministry in July as an unknown to traders on Wall Street, has quickly turned into one of the most recognizable names in Latin American debt markets.
Source: Bloomberg, 3:45
Less than one year into Donald Trump’s second term and the post-election ebullience has evaporated from shares of his social media company as sales stagnate and profitability remains elusive.
President Donald Trump’s friendly embrace is doing what bull markets alone couldn’t: Pulling mainstream hedge funds deeper into crypto after years of resistance.
Bitcoin is headed for what could be its worst week since early March, with few signs that investors are getting ready to buy the dip after a rout that erased about $300 billion of digital-asset market value.
Ripple, the crypto-focused financial technology firm, doesn’t have any immediate plans to join the scores of digital asset companies that have recently gone public or expressed aspirations to do so in the near future.
When private equity firms buy up target companies, they rely on one major source of financial firepower — debt, and lots of it. But what happens when the interest on that debt jumps? For some, the answer is simple: Pay it later.
If global finance is turning away from ethical investing strategies in the “anti-woke” era, at least one corner of the industry didn’t get the memo.
SPACs, the speculative investment vehicles that surged in popularity five years ago, are having a revival. SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, are shell companies with no underlying business that promise to buy other companies with money raised from investors.
The Philippine peso fell to its weakest level ever against the US dollar in late October. While it’s since regained some ground, officials have signaled a tolerance for further depreciation and traders are keeping a close watch for any signs of central bank intervention.
CarMax Inc.’s disastrous quarterly numbers prompted at least five Wall Street firms to lower their ratings on the stock as the used-car retailer faces long-term challenges and uncertainties.
Onex Corp.’s top executive says the alternative asset manager is open to making further large bets on insurance companies following its move to team up with American International Group Inc. on a major deal.
Treasury market bulls and bears fought to a draw this week as conflicting private-sector data on the health of the US labor market left expectations for another Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December in limbo.
Petrobras will continue expanding production at the world’s biggest oil field this year while avoiding cost inflation as it advances deep-water projects.
Less than one year into Donald Trump’s second term and the post-election ebullience has evaporated from shares of his social media company as sales stagnate and profitability remains elusive.
Peru’s central bank has stepped into the currency market, buying dollars for the first time in five years after a rally in the sol pushed it to levels not seen since 2020.