The tariffs that led to the biggest stock-market drop since COVID may have been the result of an error
"The idea is that as tariffs rise, the change in the trade deficit will depend on the responsiveness of import demand to tariffs, which depends on how import demand responds to import prices and how ...
S&P 500 futures back to session lows as Germany's DAX opens down nearly 10%
A partial recovery in U.S. equity index futures has faltered, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average in line for a a 4%, 1,500 point fall later on Monday. The relapse is contributing to another ...
Germany's government debt in demand, yields plunge, as investors seek havens
Just ahead of equity markets opening in Europe and the flight to safety is in full effect. The yield on Germany's 10-year bund, the continent's interest rate benchmark, is down 8.5 basis points to ...
Chance of Fed emergency rate cut spikes
Treasury yields are plunging Monday as investors price in an increasing chance of recession following President Donald Trump's trade war declaration. The 2-year note, which is particularly sensitive ...
Bitcoin plunges below $80,000 to hit lowest level since Trump's election victory
Bitcoin had held up relatively well amid last week's market savage risk-off switch. But the crypto-currency is tumbling early Monday, as investors scramble for cash, falling below $77,000 for the ...
Hang Seng leads Asia rout as futures show heavy losses for European bourses
The Asia trading day is in the final stretch and it's looking very grim as the Trump tariff turmoil continues to roil global markets. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is down 10.7% to a two-month low, Japan's ...
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Gold bounces of lows after China reveals another increase in reserves
One of the interesting asset price moves in recent days was the sharp retreat in gold and silver prices as the "haven" precious metals were found not immune to traders' desire to raise cash. That ...
Stock futures plunge as ugly stretch for Wall Street looks set to worsen
U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower on Sunday evening, with contracts tied to the S&P 500 falling more than 5% during the ...
U.S. stock futures down sharply but off lows; gold and Treasurys lifted on haven flows, while oil slumps
U.S. stock-index futures were off early lows but continued to point to a sharply lower start for Wall Street on Monday, with investors reeling after President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping ...
Hang Seng down sharply in 'tech-led margin-call massacre'
Asian markets extended a slide as fears over the economic impact of a global trade war continued to fuel a global equity selloff. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index came off its initial session low but ...
S&P 500 headed for worst three-day stretch since 1987 crash, Bespoke finds
Bespoke Investment Group has tallied the losses for stocks and come to an alarming conclusion. If the U.S. market finishes Monday's session at, or around, where futures were trading on Sunday night, ...
Japanese stocks down sharply after futures briefly halted by circuit breaker
Japanese stocks traded sharply lower Sunday after dropping 9% last week, as Asian markets sold off sharply on fears U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff measures will slam economic growth. The Nikkei ...