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09/04/2020
World stock markets are mixed this morning. Shares in Europe opened higher while Asia-Pacific stocks dropped after Thursday’s sell-off. The S&P 500 suffered its biggest loss since June, giving up 3.5%. The Nasdaq lost 5% as our beloved tech stocks — Apple, Amazon and Facebook stumbled 8%, 4% and 3.8%, […]
09/04/2020
U.S. markets closed mostly higher on Friday as better-than-expected economic news and a possible push to pass a stimulus bill kept the bullish sentiment intact. The House is slated to reconvene this weekend to try to craft a stimulus bill with the Senate in the process of assembling a "skinny" $300 billion bill.
09/03/2020
For most of us in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced a merger of home and office. And surprisingly, it was reasonably successful… so much so that it’s now likely to become the new norm. That dynamic certainly didn’t change much this summer – Google Mobility data shows navigations to US […]
09/03/2020
Global stock markets rose this morning after Wall Street posted its largest daily gains since July. Shares in London, Frankfurt and Tokyo advanced while Shanghai declined. At the moment, investors and traders are enthusiastic about central banks’ infusions of credit into troubled economies, and a potential vaccine to end the […]
09/03/2020
U.S. markets closed mostly higher on Friday as better-than-expected economic news and a possible push to pass a stimulus bill kept the bullish sentiment intact. The House is slated to reconvene this weekend to try to craft a stimulus bill with the Senate in the process of assembling a "skinny" $300 billion bill.
09/02/2020
Global stock markets rose this morning after better-than-expected overnight economic data lifted investor sentiment. Despite many economies around the world battling recessions, the U.S. Commerce Department reported July’s construction spending increased, ending a slew of losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But the real question is: Will the trend last […]
09/02/2020
U.S. markets closed mostly higher on Friday as better-than-expected economic news and a possible push to pass a stimulus bill kept the bullish sentiment intact. The House is slated to reconvene this weekend to try to craft a stimulus bill with the Senate in the process of assembling a "skinny" $300 billion bill.
09/01/2020
Global stock markets moved mostly sideways this morning after an overnight retreat on Wall Street. Asian shares fell about 2% as the Reserve Bank of Australia chose to keep interest rates at their current record low. However, investor confidence about a recovery is strong amid promising economic data from a […]
09/01/2020
U.S. markets closed mostly higher on Friday as better-than-expected economic news and a possible push to pass a stimulus bill kept the bullish sentiment intact. The House is slated to reconvene this weekend to try to craft a stimulus bill with the Senate in the process of assembling a "skinny" $300 billion bill.