Apple, Microsoft, P&G earnings this week SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Weakness in Europe and a stronger dollar are the major concerns for corporate America going into this earnings season but that may apply more to outlooks than results for the third quarter...
To generalize the economic problems of Europe, focus on demand: the lack thereof. In essence, Europe is relying on the European Central Bank to add incremental growth but the logic of growth without demand is illusory at best...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Friday lowered Russia's sovereign rating by one notch to Baa2 and maintained a negative outlook...
Natural Gas climbed at the end of the month and could continue to grow. NG closed at 4.12 much higher than expected based on seasonality. Gross natural gas production rose in July to a fresh all-time high as producers continued to drill new wells tapping the Marcellus and Utica shale’s...
Crude Oil was weak most of the month on lower demand and high production with a global glut. The commodity closed at 91.16 after climbing back above the $94 level and then crashing as the markets closed for the month. Brent Oil dipped from over $100 to close at 94...
Markets have been crazy lately, if you haven’t noticed. Yesterday and Wednesday in particular were just plain nuts, with the Dow dropping as much as 460 points before nearly fully recovering a day later. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield moved more than it has in five years...
BoE's Haldane says gloomier about economy than 3 months ago * Haldane says markets see risk of long-term stagnation * No guarantee wages and productivity will recover soon * Sterling falls against dollar on remarks (Adds market reaction, detail from speech) By David Milliken LONDON, Oct 17 (Reute...
It is only a matter of time before the stock market plunges by 50% or more, according to several reputable experts...
Wall Street money manager Doug Dachille identifies two risk factors for market volatility and argues that unless the Fed has cooked up a new economic therapy to respond to the next bout of deflation, there may be more significant economic morbidity and mortality on the horizon...
MOSCOW--The Bank of Russia sold as much as $12.95 billion in the first half of October to support the ruble as the falling oil prices battered the sanctions-hit Russian economy, the central bank's data showed Friday. The central bank said it pushed the ruble's trading band 30 kopecks higher to 37...
The company's overall operating revenue was NTD57.472 billion, which was about CNY11.6 billion, in the third quarter of 2014, representing record-high quarterly revenue for the history of the company...
10. Suntech Date of Bankruptcy: March 20, 2013 Debts: $1.6 billion The Chinese solar panel manufacturer, one of the world's biggest, was forced into bankruptcy court after the company missed a $541 million payment to bondholders. 9. OGX...
Call it coincidence if you will, but the biggest initial public offering of all time also happened to hit Wall Street the same day the stock market peaked. Almost at the exact moment, actually: Just eight minutes after Alibaba's much-ballyhooed Sept...
By Michael Aneiro The high–yield bond market has been suffering lately, and yesterday’s bizarre, wild ride for bonds and stocks alike didn’t do junk bonds any favors, with that market down another 0.55% yesterday, per a benchmark Bank of America Merrill Lynch index. High yield is now down 1...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — It’s been an ugly month on Wall Street. The selloff that began around Sept. 18 accelerated last week and then turned vicious on Wednesday. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.19% is now down nearly 8% from its all-time high in September...
Greek government bond yields spiked beyond 8 percent on Thursday morning, in a sign of growing concern about the country's economic stability given the possibility of snap elections and plans to exit its bailout early. The 10-year note was yielding 8.86 at 11.00 a.m...
The selloff in global markets is set to continue as a bear market takes hold "for a long period of time," according to widely followed investor Dennis Gartman, who warned investors not to go long on stocks...
The European Union's struggle to avoid a period of falling consumer prices suffered a setback in September, as the annual rate of inflation across the bloc's 28 members fell to its lowest level in five years...
MOSCOW--The Bank of Russia continued adjusting the ruble trading band, letting the ruble weaken gradually to new all-time lows, the bank's data showed Thursday. The central bank said it pushed the ruble's trading band 25 kopecks higher to 36.95-45.95 rubles per euro-dollar basket on Wednesday...
The glacier-white PlayStation 4 will ship in the UK on Friday October 17, Sony has confirmed to GameSpot. Retailers appear to be offering these systems at a slight increase in cost, selling each 500GB unit for about £350...
