First, let’s me point that, based on my analysis, the recent breach of the 20% level from the October lows for S&P 500 is still a bear market rally, and not the beginning of a new bull market. The most popular ETF that tracks the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) is up…

Five months after China’s president Xi Jinping declared victory over the pandemic and relaxed stringent social controls, new data this week revealed that the country’s economy was far from returning to full health.While consumers are venturing out to spend, buyers are shunning property, one of the Chinese economy’s central growth…

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. As Donald Trump plots his criminal defense in the classified documents case, the GOP candidates looking to block his political redemption are slowly making political calculations. In the…

Investors are bracing for an estimated $1 trillion deluge of Treasury issuance to start flowing later this week and continue in the coming months as part of the latest debt-ceiling resolution. Heavy supply of fresh Treasury debt will refill government coffers run low by another protracted fight in Washington over…

Oil futures settled with a modest gain on Monday, after Saudi Arabia over the weekend agreed to deliver an additional 1 million–barrel daily production cut next month as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies moved to extend existing production targets.Price actionMarket drivers Saudi Arabia on Sunday…

Dear Quentin, I am a 65-year-old widow in good health, and just started collecting my late husband’s Social Security benefit of $4,000 per month. When I turn 70, I will switch to my benefit since it appears it will be around $100 higher every month at that time. My current…

Goldman Sachs Group analysts see potential for some more inflation cooling this summer. “Our forecasts open up the possibility that the market may begin to focus more on the prospects of some inflation relief as we move into the second half of the year,” Goldman analysts Dominic Wilson and Kamakshya…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands at the exit gate of the headquarters of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Mumbai, India October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File Photo BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Tata Consultancy Services said on Friday it has mutually agreed with Transamerica to end their administration…

By Stephanie Kelly and Sudarshan Varadhan (Reuters) -Oil prices were set to snap a two-week losing streak despite trading marginally lower early on Friday, amid optimism about higher energy demand from top crude importer China and a weaker dollar. futures dipped 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.50 a barrel by…

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares rose to a four-month high on Friday as U.S. economic data stoked expectations that the Federal Reserve is near the end of its rate-hike campaign, while the yen fell after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-easy monetary policy. MSCI’s broadest index…