Melbourne, Australia Kieran Stone | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, breaking ranks with Wall Street after the S&P 500 closed at a record high. The broad market index gained 0.41% to finish at 6,978.60, supported by gains in Apple and Microsoft. Asian markets mostly extended Tuesday’s gains, with Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 reversed gains and…
I like the setup this week, especially for Big Tech, barring another intrusion by our intrusive president. Apologies to people who wish I would call his fits of pique more offensive. These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens. How is it possible, ahead of a…
While the Northeast and other parts of the country are digging out from a big winter storm, the temperature in the markets is set to heat up on Wall Street this week. Make no mistake, the earnings storm is coming our way, with about one-fifth of the S & P 500 set to report their…
It was a tumultuous week for investors. President Donald Trump ‘s threat to increase tariffs on eight European countries for opposing his bid to take over Greenland sent the stock market into a tailspin on Tuesday, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq posting their worst days since October. Both averages rebounded the next…
Stock pickers have long sought to beat the market, and most continue to fail, with the rate of underperformance of U.S. large-cap mutual funds, after fees, against the S&P 500 between 80%-90% of all funds over a decade. But there are ways to think about generating what is known as alpha — outperformance of a…
A Greenlandic flag flies over a residential house on Jan. 21, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. Sean Gallup | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rebounded on Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump walked back on his threats to impose tariffs on European countries over Greenland. South Korea’s Kospi led gains in the…
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday, mirroring overnight losses on Wall Street after President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric over Greenland, threatening fresh tariffs on countries resisting the transfer of the…
Bank chiefs called for calm on Tuesday as stocks plummeted after President Donald Trump’s threats of fresh tariffs. The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped about 1.2% in morning trade Tuesday — with the continent’s major bourses and most sectors heavily selling off — after Trump floated a potential 200% levy on French wine and champagne. In…
People celebrate the New Year at a ceremony at the Juyongguan Great Wall section, also known as Juyong Pass, in Beijing, China, January 1, 2026. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower Monday, as investors assessed threats from the Trump administration toward Greenland over the weekend and looked toward key economic…
Stocks finished last week slightly lower as the market battled a series of political headlines and policy news. To start the week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he is under criminal investigation by the Trump administration related to the $2.5 billion renovation at central bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. The market didn’t like the…
