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The typical summer slowdown may be more pronounced this year

The typical summer slowdown in U.S. stock markets may be more pronounced this year with inflation jitters and an early presidential debate that have the potential to weigh on a rally that has pushed... -May 26, 2024 at 09:00 am EDT - MarketScreener

The typical summer slowdown in U.S. stock markets may be more pronounced this year due to inflation jitters and an early presidential debate. The rally that pushed the S&P 500 near record highs may face challenges from Federal Reserve decisions and Treasury bond yield movements.

Wall Street has been fixated on AI for over a year, with investor enthusiasm lifting tech stocks and chipmakers. Now, others are in play.

Companies just can’t stop talking about their plans to cut jobs. A recent Bloomberg analysis found that the rate of mentions of layoffs in quarterly earnings

Europe’s Stoxx 600 was up 0.2 per cent, bringing quarterly gains to about 7 per cent

Few markets will be open to assess and respond to the fresh data, however, given the long Easter weekend in many countries.

A gauge of global share markets was barely changed on Thursday as it was poised to end the quarter with solid gains, while a strong dollar kept the yen near its weakest in decades amid the threat of...

These pros see the market moving 2.2 percent higher in the next four quarters.

The S&P 500 will finish this year above the 5,000 mark, but up just a little more than 2% from its current level, as it remains unclear when the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates,...