How to Set Financial Goals for Your Future
Setting short-term financial goals, as well as midterm and long-term, is an important step toward becoming financially secure. If you aren’t working toward anything specific, you’re likely to spend more than you should. You’ll then come up short when you need money for unexpected...
Ukraine’s Economy Stabilizes After Shock of War
When Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the shelves of the Novus supermarket chain in Kyiv quickly emptied as its supply chains - domestic and overseas - collapsed. Fresh produce became scarce and panic buying spread. Oleksiy Panasenko, deputy director general for operations at...
Asian Stocks Edge Up As Markets Digest Oil Rally, China Tech Surges
Most Asian stocks crept higher on Monday as risk appetite persisted on softer-than-expected U.S. inflation readings from the prior week, although a spike in oil prices saw markets remain wary of a potential resurgence in inflation over the coming months. China’s Shanghai Shenzhen CSI...
SpaceX Ready To Retry Launching NASA’s Next Space Station Crew
Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was ready to try again at sending NASA's next long-duration crew of the International Space Station to orbit on Thursday, about 72 hours after a first attempt was scrubbed due to a clogged filter in the launch system. Two...
Adidas Quarterly Sales Beat Expectations Despite Yeezy Crisis
Adidas said on Friday its first-quarter numbers came in better than expected, although sales dipped 1% from a year-ago period, as investors hope for the German sportswear giant to turn its fortunes around. Adidas (OTC:ADDYY), which last year ended a lucrative partnership with Ye,...
Asian Stocks Rise As Bank Rout Eases, Markets Bet On Less Hawkish Fed
Most Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday, helped by a recovery in bank shares amid easing fears over a potential crisis in the U.S., while growing bets that the Federal Reserve will adopt a less hawkish stance also aided sentiment. Regional markets took positive...
Explainer-What India’s Decision to Scrap Its 2000-Rupee Note Means For its Economy
India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. The 2000-rupee note, introduced into circulation in 2016, will remain legal tender but citizens have been asked to deposit or exchange these notes by Sept. 30, 2023. The...
Raiffeisen Slumps After Confirming OFAC Request For Information On Russia Business
Shares in Raiffeisen Bank International (VIE:RBIV) slumped in early trade in Vienna on Monday, hurt by a report that it may be in trouble with U.S. authorities over its operations in Russia. The Austrian bank confirmed on Friday that the U.S. Office of Foreign...
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...
Gold Edges Lower, Copper Slides On Disappointing Chinese Data
Gold prices crept lower on Wednesday as markets awaited more cues on the raising of the U.S. debt ceiling, while copper prices slid after data offered more signals of a slowing economic rebound in China. Copper futures sank 0.7% to $3.6338 a pound, and...