Amazon’s AWS Warning, PCE Ahead, European Economic Data – What’s Moving Markets
Amazon warns of a slowdown at its crucial cloud-computing division, while U.S. stock futures edge down after a fresh batch of other corporate results. Focus will turn to the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge later today, but in the meantime traders are digesting major...
Percentage of senior women at European hedge funds halved since 2021 -Preqin
The percentage of women holding senior positions at European hedge funds has more than halved since 2021, according to a report on Wednesday by data provider Preqin. Commenting on the report, Megan Tobias Neely, a former hedge fund analyst, academic and author of "Hedged...
AstraZeneca Q4 Core Earnings Beat Estimates Despite Esing COVID Vaccine Demand
AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) posted better-than-expected core income in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong demand for its cancer and rare disease therapies that helped make up for waning sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. Core earnings per share during the three months ended on December...
Home Depot Shares Slide On Weak Sales, Annual Profit Forecast
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, hurt by higher supply chain costs amid weakening demand for home improvement products due to inflation. The No. 1 U.S. home improvement chain also missed fourth-quarter comparable sales estimates, sending its...
Six Pacific Countries At High Risk Of Debt Distress – World Bank
Six Pacific countries are at a high risk of debt distress in part due to government spending to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled Raising Pasifika, said fiscal consolidation was needed in Kiribati,...
Credit Suisse Faces Anger At Final Shareholder Meeting
Credit Suisse will face shareholder anger on Tuesday at what will be its final annual general meeting after the bank was rescued last month by Swiss rival UBS. The hastily-arranged takeover by Zurich-based UBS, for which Switzerland invoked emergency legislation, bypassed Credit Suisse shareholders,...
Dollar Edges Lower; Fed Minutes Loom Large
The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Wednesday, handing back some of the previous session’s gains as traders cautiously await the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s February meeting. At 02:55 ET (07:55 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the...
Chinese Fret Over Infecting Elderly As Holidays Prompt COVID Warnings
People in China worried on Thursday about spreading COVID-19 to aged relatives as they planned returns to their home towns for holidays that the World Health Organization warns could inflame a raging outbreak. The Lunar New Year holiday, which officially starts from Jan. 21,...
Asia FX Firms, Dollar Slumps as SVB Turmoil Clouds Rate Hike Outlook
Most Asian currencies rose on Monday, while the dollar tumbled to near three-week lows as a potential banking crisis in the U.S. saw markets drastically alter their expectations for more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year. Most regional currencies also sharply...