^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,693.13 |
| Open | 2,692.56 |
| Volume | 2,308,509,070 |
| Day's Range | 2,660.61 - 2,693.94 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,352.72 - 2,872.87 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,731,818,064 |
- TheStreet.com•18 minutes ago
Global Stocks Slip as Rising Yields, Tech Weakness, Unsettle Markets
European stocks opened weaker Monday, as U.S. equity futures drifted into negative territory to start the week on Wall Street, as investors braced for a busy slate of corporate earnings over the next five days and re-set expectations for interest rates and inflation amid an ongoing surge in global oil prices. The region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.14% in the opening 30 minutes of trading, with major benchmarks in Europe falling around 0.5% as crude continues to hold past three year highs following last week's meeting of OPEC officials in Jeddah.
- Reuters•1 hour ago
Asia stocks struggle as U.S. yields near 3 percent; oil stays high
Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world's largest corporations, while keeping a wary eye on U.S. bond yields as they approach peaks that have triggered market spasms in the past. The first reading from Japan was tentatively upbeat with its PMI firming to 53.3 in April as output and domestic demand picked up. On the geopolitical front, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the North Korean nuclear crisis was a long way from being resolved, striking a cautious note a day after the North pledged to end its nuclear tests.
Reuters•2 hours agoAsia stocks struggle as U.S. yields near 3 percent; oil stays high
Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world's largest corporations, while keeping a wary eye on U.S. bond yields as they approach peaks that have triggered market spasms in the past. The first reading from Japan was tentatively upbeat with its PMI firming to 53.3 in April as output and domestic demand picked up. On the geopolitical front, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the North Korean nuclear crisis was a long way from being resolved, striking a cautious note a day after the North pledged to end its nuclear tests.
- TheStreet.com•2 hours ago
European and U.S. Stocks Called Higher as Earnings Season Hits Full-Speed
The U.S. earnings seasons accelerates this week with 180 S&P 500 companies reporting, including big tech names such as Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft.
Reuters•2 hours agoU.S. fund managers brace for trade war with focus on pricing power
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors' fears of an all-out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher ...
- Financial Times•2 hours ago
[$$] Fast Europe Open: France, Germany flash manufacturing PMIs
Brussels wants to end the practice of distributing cohesion money almost exclusively on the basis of gross domestic product per head, replacing it with much broader criteria covering everything from youth unemployment, education and the environment to migration and innovation. In markets, yields on 10-year US Treasuries, which move inversely to price, rose 1 basis point to a four-year high following on from a wave of selling on Friday.
Associated Press•3 hours agoAsian shares mostly lower, tracking tech sell-off on Wall St
Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday following Friday's steep slide in technology shares on Wall Street. Markets had only a muted reaction, if any, to North Korea's announcement that it would stop ...
Reuters•3 hours agoU.S. fund managers brace for trade war with focus on pricing power
Investors' fears of an all-out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher costs to their consumers. So far, ...
- Investor's Business Daily•4 hours ago
Dow Jones Futures Look To Rebound; Google, TD Ameritrade, Halliburton Earnings Due
Futures rose modestly after the major stock averages fell below their 50-day lines Friday. Earnings from Google-parent Alphabet. TD Ameritrade and Halliburton are on tap Monday.
- The Wall Street Journal•4 hours ago
[$$] It’s a Scary Time to Be Trading Wall Street’s Fear Index
Wednesday’s trading, which saw futures contracts that track the VIX spike 10% when U.S. stocks were rising, is intensifying concerns about the soundness of the entire ecosystem of VIX-linked trading.
- Reuters•2 hours ago
Asia stocks struggle as U.S. yields near 3 percent; oil stays high
Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world's largest corporations, while keeping a wary eye on U.S. bond yields as they approach peaks that have triggered market spasms in the past. The first reading from Japan was tentatively upbeat with its PMI firming to 53.3 in April as output and domestic demand picked up. On the geopolitical front, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the North Korean nuclear crisis was a long way from being resolved, striking a cautious note a day after the North pledged to end its nuclear tests.
- CNBC•6 hours ago
Tell us what you think: Which sector are you banking on to outperform this earnings season?
Around one third of S&P 500 companies are expected to report earnings this week. A deluge of earnings is expected stateside this week, with around one third of S&P 500 companies, including Facebook FB and Boeing BA , slated to report first-quarter results in the days ahead. First-quarter results across S&P 500 companies were last estimated by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S to increase by 20 percent compared to one year ago.
- CNBC•8 hours ago
Asian stocks slip as US yields inch closer to 3 percent
Asian stocks closed lower on Monday, as investors kept an eye on rising U.S. Treasury yields and digested declines in technology stocks seen stateside.
- Investor's Business Daily•10 hours ago
Will The Stock Market Rally Continue? Watch These 4 Factors
Can the major indexes reclaim key support? Can Apple hold its 200-day? Will the 10-year Treasury yield top 3%? And is Twitter a better stock than Facebook or Google-parent Alphabet?
- TheStreet.com•11 hours ago
Street Stats: The Mid-Term Elections May Be a Rollercoaster Ride for Investors
The mid-term elections are coming, and investors would be wise to brace for the return of even more volatility in the markets,
- CNBC•11 hours ago
The Trump stock market looks a lot like Reagan's, and that may not be a good thing
Donald Trump , like Ronald Reagan before him, is an outside-the-beltway president. What he found could be a warning to the stock market. "Ronald Reagan had a six-month honeymoon," Acampora, director of technical research at Altaira Capital Partners, told CNBC's " Futures Now " last week.
- MarketWatch•11 hours ago
Alphabet earnings: Google will offer a gander at its Uber investment
Alphabet Inc. has adopted a new accounting standard that will result in a number of changes in its earnings results, one of which could bring the value of its investment in Uber Technologies Inc. into ...
Motley Fool•14 hours agoWhat to Watch When Amazon Reports Earnings This Week
After several quarters of massive growth, can the tech giant keep its streak alive?
- MarketWatch•17 hours ago
Stock-market investors are freaking out about the bond market—but should they be?
Government bond yields climbing and a shrinking gap between short-term and long-term Treasury rates have prompted some consternation on Wall Street, driving equity prices lower as investors fret about ...
- Financial Times•yesterday
[$$] Do oil rises point to a tipping point for bond yields?
Investors will focus on equity earnings, keep an eye on rising oil prices and bond yields, while awaiting the latest tidings from the European Central Bank this week. Oil’s surge to its highest price in ...
- FX Empire•yesterday
S&P 500; US Indexes Fundamental Weekly Forecast – Earnings Taking Center Stage, but Watch Rising Treasury Yields
Interest rates should be watched carefully because a spike in rates in February helped trigger a steep break in stocks and the return of volatility. Rising rates can be bad for stocks because, at some point, higher yielding bonds can become a more attractive investment.
- Bloomberg•yesterday
Bond Traders’ Respite From Flattening Curve May Prove Fleeting
Bond traders agonizing over the flattening U.S. yield curve got a bit of a break last week. But with a flood of Treasury supply about to hit the market, they’ll have little time to catch their breath.
- Forbes•yesterday
The Week Ahead: Are Barron's Big Money Advisors On Target?
Twice a year Barron’s conducts their latest survey of 157 professional investors. Where do they think stocks or rates are headed in the next year and does the technical outlook agree? Which sectors or regions look the best and should you fade the survey results?
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Can Facebook, Apple and Google keep powering tech’s growth?
As large tech companies report first-quarter earnings in a flood of results during the next two weeks, they face a major test: Will they continue to post huge growth, and fuel further overall gains for ...
- MarketWatch•2 days ago
Mobius says there’s a 30% correction coming for U.S. stocks
Mark Mobius, the 81-year-old investment guru, believes the U.S. stock market is set for a 30% correction that would essentially wipe out the gains of the last two years. The renowned fund manager, who left Franklin Templeton, the American investment house, after more than 30 years in January, said “all the indicators” point to a large fall in the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) . “I can see a 30% drop,” said Mobius, who launched one of the world’s first emerging market funds.
