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Dollar Surges on Rate Fears, Musk Stock Sale, OPEC Report - What's Moving Markets
The dollar surged to a 16-month high as the highest inflation in 30 years in the U.S. prompted bets on higher interest rates. The same...
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Nov 11, 20213 min read


Tesla Stock Sale, Fed Speeches, China Trade - What's Moving Markets
Elon Musk crowdsources his financial planning to Twitter and Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock falls in response. Joe Biden's infrastructure...
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Nov 8, 20213 min read


U.S. Futures Edge Higher; Payrolls, Peloton and Pfizer in Focus
U.S. stocks are seen opening marginally higher Friday, ahead of the release of the key monthly employment report which could influence...
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Nov 5, 20212 min read


Fed Decision Day, Zillow's Flipping Flop, Youngkin Triumph - What's Moving Markets
The Federal Reserve is expected to start taking away the punchbowl later, announcing the phase-out of its $120 billion monthly bond...
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Nov 3, 20213 min read


Rivian IPO, Supply Chain Torment, Musk Tweet on Hertz - What's Moving Markets
Rivian, a company without any meaningful sales to date, plans an IPO that would be the third largest in U.S. history after Alibaba...
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Nov 2, 20214 min read


Apple, Amazon, Mastercard: 3 Things to Watch
Stocks wavered on Wednesday as falling U.S. bond yields lifted technology stocks but the broad S&P 500 lost steam heading into the...
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Oct 28, 20211 min read


Microsoft/Alphabet, U.K. Budget, Bank of Canada Meeting - What's Moving Markets
The dominant tech sector is set to power Wall Street higher, with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)...
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Oct 27, 20213 min read


Tesla's Trillion, Facebook Buyback, Microsoft and Alphabet - What's Moving Markets
Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) market value hit $1 trillion after a landmark contract from rental firm Hertz Global Holdings (OTC:HTZZ). Facebook...
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Oct 26, 20213 min read


China Covid-19 Outbreak, Facebook Earnings, Oil Squeeze - What's Moving Markets
China's latest Covid-19 outbreak spreads and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cuts its growth forecasts for the world's second-largest economy...
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Oct 25, 20213 min read


Snap, Intel Shock, Powell Speaks, Dems Spending Mess - What's Moving Markets
Snap (NYSE:SNAP)'s quarterly earnings send a shiver through the social media sector. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) also disappoints as the...
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Oct 22, 20213 min read


Tesla, AT&T Earnings, Jobless Claims, Return of Lockdown -What's Moving Markets
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) reported its best-ever quarter, but its stock struggled to build on its sky-high valuation. Donald Trump is set for a...
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Oct 21, 20213 min read


Spending Bill, Netflix Reports, Facebook Rebrand, EIA Data - What's Moving Markets
The Democrats' spending bill gets pruned. Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) earnings disappoint as Squid Game fails to translate immediately into a...
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Oct 20, 20213 min read


Dollar Dips, Netflix, JNJ Earnings, Powell's Trades - What's Moving Markets
The dollar weakens as poor U.S. industrial production data cast fresh doubt on the strength of the U.S. economic recovery. Allegations of...
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Oct 19, 20213 min read


China GDP, Industrial Output, Gazprom Pressure - What's Moving Markets
China's economy slowed more sharply in the third quarter than expected, with industry in particular ending the quarter on a weak note....
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Oct 18, 20213 min read


Retail Sales, Bitcoin ETFs, Goldman Reports - What's Moving Markets
Retail sales and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment index round off a busy week for economic data. Stocks and oil march higher as inflation...
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Oct 15, 20214 min read


CPI, Apple's Supply Chain, JPMorgan Earnings, API - What's Moving Markets
The U.S. releases consumer inflation data for September, a day after Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic jibed that inflation pressures...
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Oct 13, 20213 min read


JOLTs, Treasury Auctions, China Car Slump - What's Moving Markets
The Labor Department's monthly look at job vacancies will cast light on the tension between record openings and weak job creation. The...
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Oct 12, 20213 min read


Stagflation Fear, Oil at New High, China Relief - What's Moving Markets
Fears of a return of 'stagflation' - high inflation and low growth - are spreading across world markets after a disappointing jobs report...
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Oct 11, 20214 min read


Payrolls, Tesla's California Leavin', Energy Mayhem - What's Moving Markets
It's time for the monthly U.S. labor market report, and half a million Americans are expected to have found work last month. Recent data...
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Oct 8, 20213 min read


Rate Hikes and Rising Yields, ADP Jobs and EIA Data - What's Moving Markets
Energy prices feed inflation concerns and inflation concerns feed interest rate hikes and falling stock markets. The pattern was...
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Oct 6, 20213 min read
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