Financial Insights That Matter NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks jumped in a widespread rally Tuesday, and other U.S. investments steadied a day after falling sharply on worries about President Donald Trump’s trade war and his attacks on the head of the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 climbed 2.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]
Financial Insights That Matter Natalie Sherman & Faarea Masud Business reporters, BBC News Getty Images US stocks and the dollar plunged again as President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on the US central bank boss calling him “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates. In a social media post, Trump called on Federal Reserve […]
Financial Insights That Matter In the eyes of investors, one of the most encouraging actions a company’s management team can take is to confidently load up on its own shares. That’s what happened late Wednesday with budget retailer Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR)and the market showed its gratitude by bidding the company’s share price up more […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — The dollar was propelled to a fresh six-month low as the Trump administration’s latest back-and-forth on tariff policy added to investor unease toward US assets. Most Read from Bloomberg The currency extended losses into a fifth day on Monday. While Treasuries and stocks flashed relief over President Donald Trump’s […]
Financial Insights That Matter NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks jumped Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggested fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The S&P 500 rallied 1.8%, after veering […]
Financial Insights That Matter The emerging theme from this week’s tariff-sparked whiplash on Wall Street is whether the volatility in US bonds and the dollar signals waning appetite for US assets and their roles as safe-haven assets. The US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB), a key measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of major currencies, […]
Financial Insights That Matter April 7 – Shares of Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR) jumped around 6% on Monday after the opening bell as Citi (NYSE:C) upgraded the stock from “Neutral” to “Buy”, pointing to the company’s ability to raise prices amid rising tariffs. Analyst Paul Lejuez believes Dollar Tree can increase its prices from $1.25 to […]
Financial Insights That Matter A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar dropped the most on record as fears grew that President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs would batter the US economy. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index tumbled as much as 2.1% on Thursday, the measure’s sharpest intraday decline since its launch in 2005. Investors are bearish […]
Financial Insights That Matter Netflix’s new competition reality show, “Million Dollar Secret,” dorpped its first three episodes on March 26, with more episodes to come. In the show, 12 contestants live in a decadent lakeside estate in Canada for a game of deceit. Among them, only one is designated the millionaire. The rest are aligned […]
Financial Insights That Matter Paul Weaver / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Dollar Tree CEO Michael Creedon said people of all economic backgrounds are shopping at Dollar Tree because they’re hurting economically. Store traffic and average transaction amounts grew year-over-year in its latest quarter, according to earnings results released Wednesday. Dollar Tree is […]