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Cramer reflects on why keeping cash on hand is a good thing and also explores the lack of any conviction to the downside. Is that all there is? Was that it to the selloff? Point blank, I am going to tell you no.
During the 2016 presidential election campaign, a digital analytics firm reviewed 4.5 million tweets that expressed an opinion about Donald Trump and found that 200,000 included threats to leave the U.S. The top destination was Mexico, but 5,800 said they would move to Alaska and another 1,500 chose Hawaii. These people knew they didn't like Trump, but apparently did not know that Alaska and Hawaii are U.S. states.
Kim Jong-un responded by threatening to bomb the U.S. island of Guam. Secretary of Defense Mattis has also voiced warnings to North Korea while many other prominent U.S. politicians and world leaders have asked that both the U.S. and North Korea deescalate the rhetoric.
Though the U.S. stock market is reaching new heights, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar has actually declined. Some commentators declare this means the markets should not be climbing.
A man looks at replicas of a North Korean Scud-B missile, right, and South Korean missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2017. Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as 'bereft of reason' on Aug. 10, raising the stakes in their stand-off.
The, modestly, positive tone around in early deals was there at the close too, as traders proved reluctant to take values too far in any direction ahead of key data ahead. Thursday will bring a slew of ag commodity statistics, starting off with monthly data on Malaysian palm oil production and stocks, followed by the monthly briefing on Brazilian crops from Conab.
HSBC Holdings Plc isn't plastering Heathrow with its "world's local bank" tagline anymore, but a Brexit-battered pound and a political swing to the left have spurred internationally minded Brits to snap up its foreign-currency accounts. Demand for HSBC Currency Accounts, which let customers hold cash in foreign currencies in the U.K., spiked 23 percent in June from the previous month, spokesman Ankit Patel said.
OPINION: Ten to one? Five to one? Actually, it is a lot closer than that. The bookies now rate the chance of Donald Trump being impeached at just 4/6, which means it is more likely to happen as not.
Health-care companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have rallied 16 percent this year, beating the overall market's 11 percent gain. Insurers, the companies tied most closely to the Affordable Care Act, are up even more at 23 percent.
Grain futures, having started the day with a roar, ended with a bit of a whimper as the US weather forecast turned more benign, curbing crop worries. Sure, the weaker dollar , which dropped below 95 against a basket of currencies for the first time in 10 months, offered a lingering tailwind to prices of dollar-denominated commodities, making them more affordable to foreign buyers.
Note: Following my recent debate on stock valuations , I thought this discussion about a foodstuffs, the CRB food index and other agricultural commodities was worth sharing. Enjoy After the announced Amazon-Whole Foods deal all we heard was about food deflation at the same time the CRB food index was breaking out to a one year high which I've pointed out a few times over the past few weeks.
Yellen is scheduled to take part in a discussion on global economic issues at London's Royal Academy. She will likely reiterate the central bank's positive views about the U.S. economy and the Fed's stance of raising interest rates once more this year, said OCBC analyst Barnabas Gan.
US indices have been ruled by mega-cap technology companies and financial firms for much of the period since the presidential election in November. But after some bullish news last week, drug developers now look poised to give them a run for their money.
President Donald Trump retains control of assets that as of April 15 were worth at least $1.4 billion and had generated nearly $600 million in gross revenues in the previous 151/2 months, according to a new financial disclosure released Friday. The report, which the president voluntarily filed with the Office of Government Ethics, underscores the unprecedented financial interests Trump has brought with him to the Oval Office, an arrangement that has generated sharp criticism and spurred legal challenges.
Monthly supply-demand estimates showing a largely unexpected cut in U.S. 2017-18 exports and a buildup in world ending stocks outside China helped set the stage for a marketing week selloff in cotton futures. July lost 464 points for the week ended Thursday to close at 71.91 cents, its lowest close since Dec. 30. December shed 363 points to settle at 69.47 cents, its lowest finish since Dec. 28. The market lost ground across the board five sessions in a row.
The fear of missing out has supported the stock market averages this week. Although it appeared that the indexes simply marked time, appearances can be deceiving.
London stocks were set for a muted open on Thursday ahead of several key events, with the election very much in focus in the UK. The FTSE 100 was expected to open unchanged at 7,478.