A hot inflation report and jitters over the artificial intelligence trade dragged stocks lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 posting its worst day since July.
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Recent stock market volatility has created some potentially attractive opportunities for investors willing to look past near-term choppiness.
The conglomerate's Class A shares are on track for their 10th consecutive day of gains. That would mark their first 10-day rally since January 2018.
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As a key corner of the artificial intelligence trade takes a beating on Wednesday, traders are betting it could get even worse.
The investment bank called out a few names whose results are likely to impress Wall Street.
Kontoor Brands is likely to see its shares rise considerably amid growing interest in denim among consumers, per Jefferies.
Multiple banks are now expecting a down leg for the tech trade, which could broaden out performance in a healthy way.
Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street.
A global equity selloff deepened as chip stocks plunged on Wall Street and in Asia, further unwinding this year’s blistering rally in the artificial intelligence trade. Treasuries gained on haven demand, while the dollar weakened.
Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries in response to deadly attacks by Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times.
Copper declined with other base metals after stronger-than-expected US consumer prices spurred bets on more aggressive tightening by the Federal Reserve.
As Mukesh Ambani prepares for India’s biggest-ever initial public offering, the returns for the early global backers of Jio Platforms Ltd. are looking relatively modest, partly because of the rupee’s relentless multiyear slide.
India’s sale of a controlling stake in IDBI Bank Ltd. to Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for nearly $6 billion helps jump-start the South Asian country’s push to reform its banking sector and shows the potential for more dealmaking in its rapidly growing financial industry.
Rishi Sunak, former UK prime minister, urged so-called middle powers to become a “poisonous shrimp” to carve out strategic economic leverage in a more turbulent global environment. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Taiwan dollar and South Korean won fell the most among Asian currencies as an overnight slump in Wall Street semiconductor shares spilled into regional markets, dampening demand for artificial intelligence supply-chain plays.
Oil fell as concerns over Middle East supply disruptions eased and the International Energy Agency raised its forecast for the war’s impact on supply.
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand says Canada’s relationship with India has “most definitely” improved after years of strain. Speaking with Bloomberg's Yvonne Man on the sideline of 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Anand said the two sides are working toward a comprehensive economi
Primoz Dolenc, Slovenian Central Bank Governor and European Central Bank Governing Council member, says a tightening in financial conditions may limit the need for ECB monetary policy action. He speaks with Avril Hong on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok. (Source: Bl
Ukrainian president expresses anger in FT interview at ‘dangerous’ withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and weakening of Starlink satellite internet service
European officials balked at proposal made by Donald Trump’s negotiators during meeting in Miami
Sharp falls trigger trading halt on South Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei 225 sinks 5%, following Wall Street lower
North America boss Eric Kutcher is the candidate to beat in the consultancy’s byzantine election
America remains a very unequal place, but on many metrics inequality is not increasing
Rapid growth is slower than some anticipated as fears about AI trade rattle markets
Citroën is reviving its postwar-era 2CV as manufacturers turn to electric versions of classic cars
Central banks in September made their highest monthly purchases of the precious metal for almost two years
The City’s dominance of physical trading in the metal is being reinforced by global instability
Lenders plan to take security over receivables from future player sales in novel ‘squad-value financing’ deals
Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken.
Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in.
Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said.
The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea.
Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city.
Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a powerful rebel group from the field.
The U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.
The world’s top three container operators said they fear instability in Gaza and broader regional tensions mean continued danger.
The dictator, eager to shut out the influence of Hollywood and K-pop, has been exalting a “shock brigade” of 300,000 teens and 20-somethings drafted into flood reconstruction.
The president has made immigration an early priority to start second term, with ICE making more than 900 arrests Sunday.
The AI investment boom is contributing to pressures lifting Asian borrowing costs, the IMF said.
The won’s divergence from the yen may be more due to the AI boom than rate differentials, according to the IMF.
Gold rose in early Asian trade on a possible technical correction, after front-month gold futures settled lower overnight
Oil futures fell in early Asian trade on possible position adjustments after rising overnight but near term losses are likely to be limited by ongoing Middle East tensions.
Money from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation. Once the law passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief.
The Nikkei Stock Average fell 2.9% tracking Wall Street’s losses overnight, after the U.S. inflation report revived expectations of another interest rate hike by the Fed.
The WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.2% — up three of the past four trading days.
U.S. stocks slid as rising inflation bolstered the case for another rate increase this year.
A hot inflation report reset expectations for an October rate increase. Then wavering confidence in the AI trade took center stage.
Regional tensions remained elevated after Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said a building belonging to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran was targeted Tuesday evening.
Far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro holds up Argentine President Javier Milei’s economic program as a model for Brazil. But Milei's economic experiment has been a failure, leaving millions of Argentinians worse off and effectively turning their heavily indebted country into a client of
The risks to the global economy—including high inflation, soaring public debt, market concentration, and geopolitical volatility—are well known. But it is worth underscoring just how rare and dangerous it is for all of them to be salient at the same time.
Whether the development of frontier AI should be paused is for policymakers to decide. But they should recognize that highly concentrated hardware supply chains make a pause feasible and, if implemented properly, likely to be sustainable.
Unable to win his foolish war against Iran, Donald Trump blames its consequences on Ukraine and uses the lie to justify ending sanctions against Russia, thereby extending that war as well. His diesel deal with the Kremlin is less about lowering gas prices for Americans and more about submitting to V
Since giving a pair of giant pandas to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in 1972 following President Richard Nixon’s visit to Beijing, China has used panda loans as a means of projecting a harmless and friendly image globally. But it was always an act—and foreign audiences are no longer falling for it.
China's relentless surveillance has taught people to perform obedience and loyalty, while keeping their beliefs hidden. This creates a dilemma for the ruling Communist Party: repression distorts the very information the government needs to understand society.
The near-consensus among financial commentators is that China's currency is undervalued, driving global imbalances. But the renminbi's weakness reflects weak domestic demand, and pursuing currency appreciation without addressing that issue head-on would be counterproductive for everyone.
The US Department of “War” has recently begun attacking effective altruism, a movement that aims to save lives, reduce suffering, and prevent future catastrophes. Why would the Trump administration, which with great fanfare created a Department of Government Efficiency, now oppose being effective?
During past periods of chaos and brutality in Russia, such as Stalin’s Great Terror, there was generally a sense that the country was headed somewhere—that the suffering served some end, however unjustifiable the means. But the repression Russians are enduring today has only one aim: to perpetuate t
Although fiscal responsibility is the right goal for any government, it cannot be properly measured through deficits and debt targets alone. Those who demand budget cuts in the face of higher debt levels overlook the importance of public spending that strengthens the economy's productive capacity ov
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