by Roger | Aug 27, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Global stocks were mixed this morning. While the international markets were down, the U.S. stock market rose on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s latest monetary policy comments. Usually, these comments move the stock market, and today was no different. Powell...
by Roger | Aug 26, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Global shares opened lower today as investors and traders direct their attention to U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech Thursday. Powell will review the next policy steps the Fed intends to take. Economic data is giving traders “a mixed bag” of signals,...
by Roger | Aug 24, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Global markets opened higher today after Wall Street hit a new high; however, there’s still a lot of concern surrounding a potential new round of virus cases. Regardless of rising infection rates around the world, markets have salvaged the majority of this year’s...
by Roger | Aug 20, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Global markets dropped today as minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting exposed challenges facing the economy, as well as risks to the medium-term outlook. U.S. shares were in line to add yesterday’s losses, with futures for both the Dow and S&P 500 down...
by Roger | Aug 19, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
Despite a fresh all-time high in the S&P 500, global markets are rather mixed today with European indexes opening little changed and U.S. futures somewhat lower. Tensions between Beijing and the U.S. are also meddling with sentiment levels after President Trump...
by Roger | Aug 17, 2020 | Roger’s Rundown
World markets edged up slightly today in spite of Japanese stocks plunging after announcing a record economic contraction due to the pandemic. In addition to that, Bangkok’s main index lost 0.5% after Thailand indicated that its economy shrank 12.2% from a year...