Dollar Hits An 11-Month High
The U. S. dollar hit an 11-month peak on Monday as the risk of faster domestic inflation and wider budget deficits if Donald Trump goes on a U.S. spending binge sent Treasury and other benchmark...
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Losses In Health, Energy Stocks Weigh On Wall Street
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq came under pressure on Friday as lower oil prices weighed on energy companies and a drop in shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ. N) and Pfizer (PFE.N) hurt healthcare stocks....
Asia Shares, Emerging Currencies Stumble As Trump Anxiety Deepens
A searing selloff rocked Asian shares and emerging market currencies on Friday as investors feared higher U. S. interest rates under incoming President Donald Trump will spark capital outflows from...
Wall Street Welcomes Trump With A Bang
That didn't take long. An overnight panic in global markets evaporated as Wall Street gave an emphatic welcome to President-elect Donald Trump. The Dow soared 257 points and brushed up against...
Asia Markets Bounce Back After Trump Win
Asian share markets have bounced back after seeing a sharp sell-off on Wednesday in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's US election victory. Thursday's rally followed rises in Europe and the...
Wall Street Panics Over Trump Presidency; Peso Plunges; Gold Surges
U. S. stock futures are dropping as traders consider a future with Trump in the White House. The Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are all down by roughly 2% to 3% ahead of the open....
Trump Triumphs Over Clinton In Stunning White House Upset
Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a...
Wall St. Soars As FBI Clears Clinton Ahead of Election
U. S. stocks soared on Monday as U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's prospects got a boost a day ahead of the election after the FBI said it would not press criminal charges related to her...
Clinton Regain Poll Lead Over Trump
Hillary Clinton is six percentage points ahead of her rival Donald Trump in the latest US election poll - regaining the lead she held before last week's announcement of an FBI probe into the email...
U.S. Stocks, Dollar Fall On FBI Review of Clinton Emails
Wall Street recovered some losses on Friday but still closed lower, with U. S. stocks and the dollar falling after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it would probe additional emails related to...
World Stocks, Commodities Climb As Economic Confidence Lifts
World markets had a swagger about them on Tuesday as upbeat economic data and signs of a revival in inflation pushed up stocks and commodity prices and kept the dollar at a nine-month high. Factory...
Dollar At Nine-Month High On Bets For Fed Hike, Clinton Victory
The dollar hit a nine-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, buoyed by expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise U. S. interest rates this year and that Donald Trump will not...
Threat of ‘hard Brexit’ Pulls Down Wall Street
U. S. stocks dropped on Tuesday as investors fretted about Britain's exit from the European Union and the prospect of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in coming months. It was the second straight...
Newmont Tops Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
For the second year in a row, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) has been ranked by the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) as the mining industry’s overall leader in...
Apple Ruling Puts Other Firms’ Low Taxes In Spotlight
It turns out some wealthy companies are just like some wealthy hedge fund managers: They're taxed at far lower rates than nearly everyone else. Whether or not Apple used illegal breaks to pay...