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World shares steady as oil drops on Saudi Arabia's talk of output boost

Derivative markets pointed to a positive start later in the United States following losses on Wednesday when economic data failed to ease angst over rate hikes to fight inflation.

Wall Street analysts think any stock market rally will be short-lived

An analyst thinks earnings estimates remain too high and sees the S&P 500 trading close to 3,400 by the end of the second-quarter earnings season in mid-August

Investors should sell the rallies; S&P 500 can fall another 10%: Chris Wood

Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies believes that S&P 500 has more room for downside. Investors, he suggests, should look to exit stocks on any intermittent bounce-back.

Female CEOs' pay rose 26% in 2021 to $15.8 million, but ranks still small

Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered and stock prices and profits soared. Median pay for the women occupying the corner office rose to nearly $16 million, according to the annual survey done by Equilar for The Associated Press. Still, experts say there's much more to be done to improve gender diversity in the corporate ranks and close the pay gap between men and women. Jane Stevenson, vice chair, Board & CEO Services at organisational consulting firm Korn Ferry said while it is good that women CEO's pay rose, there is still a lot to be done. I think the danger is to look at those cases of CEOs making more their peers and see a message about the pay gap being closed it's not, she said. Of the 340 CEOs in the latest survey of S&P 500 companies, 18 were women, up from 16 in 2020. Profits for S&P 500 companies rose roughly 50% and the index gained about 27%. Because the bulk of a CEO's compensation is tied to such ...

S&P 500 firms' CEO pay up 17% as profits, stocks soar; workers fall behind

Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies soared 17.1% last year, to a median $14.5 million, according to data analysed for The Associated Press by Equilar. The gain towers over the 4.4% increase in wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers through 2021, which was the fastest on record going back to 2001. The raises for many rank-and-file workers also failed to keep up with inflation, which reached 7% at the end of last year. CEO pay took off as stock prices and profits rebounded sharply as the economy roared out of its brief 2020 recession. Because much of a CEO's compensation is tied to such performance, their pay packages ballooned after years of mostly moderating growth. In many of the most eye-popping packages, such as Expedia Group's, valued at $296.2 million and JPMorgan Chase's $84.4 million, boards gave ...

Stock sell-off to intensify as fresh 10% plunge looms, finds survey

With the S&P 500 flirting with a bear market last week and notching more than $1 trillion in losses, participants in the latest MLIV Pulse survey reckon there's more pain to come

Maintain 15-20% allocation to international funds despite ongoing downturn

Remember that you need to diversify away from your home country, and hedge against the rupee's depreciation

S&P 500 falls 20% from record close, on pace to confirm bear market

The S&P 500 is headed for its seventh weekly decline that would make the longest losing streak since the dotcom bubble burst more than two decades ago.

Futures signal more selling on Wall Street as growth fears mount

At 06:22 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 407 points, or 1.29%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 53 points, or 1.35%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 169 points, or 1.42%

Tesla, Twitter shares drop on potential legal issues against Musk, coup bid

Shares of Tesla and Twitter have tumbled this week as investors deal with the fallout and potential legal issues surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his $44 billion bid to buy the social media platform. Of the two, Musk's electric vehicle company has fared worse, with its stock down almost 16% so far this week to $728. Twitter shares fell 9.5% for the week, closing Thursday at $45.08. Both stocks have taken a bigger hit than the S&P 500, which is down 4.7% for the week. Along with malaise in the broader markets, investors have had to weigh legal troubles for Musk, as well as the possibility that his acquisition of Twitter could be a distraction from running the world's most valuable automaker. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that U.S. securities regulators are investigating Musk's tardy disclosure that he had bought more than 5% of Twitter shares. Musk now owns more than 9% of the San Francisco company. The SEC wouldn't comment, and a message was left for Musk's ...

US shares drop, dollar remains firm as inflation stokes worries on economy

Apple shares fell 5% overnight, dragging the S&P 500 down 1.65% and the Nasdaq down 3.2%

S&P 500, Dow up after inflation data, Nasdaq falls on rate hike worries

US consumer prices slow in April; inflation still high; Coinbase falls on Q1 revenue slump, net loss

Cash shifts pull rug under global equity markets, say strategists

World stocks recorded their worst quarter this year since the coronavirus pandemic unleashed havoc in March 2020, while US stocks are down nearly 12% from its peak earlier this year

US stocks mixed as Nasdaq drags on Wall Street, bond yields dip

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher for the second straight day, the S&P 500 was flat, and the Nasdaq Composite fell sharply after Netflix reported it had lost subscribers for the first time

Wall Street closes lower as bond yields jump on growth concerns

A significant cut to global growth expectations from the World Bank, paired with March weakness in China's latest economic numbers injected some pessimism into US markets

S&P 500 inches higher as strong BofA results offset tech weakness

Twitter slips despite adopting 'poison pill'; Bank of America boosts S&P 500 after earnings; Didi to meet on US delisting plans, shares plunge

Tier-2 IT firms face sharper downgrades with clients likely to pare spends

Margin pressure and valuation premium point to downside for stocks

Indian hedge fund index almost back to levels before Ukraine war

Majority of such investments are mending after struggling to provide positive returns in the first two months of 2022

Nasdaq, S&P 500 fall as growth shares lose steam, mixed Q1 results by banks

Twitter rises on Elon Musk's $41-bn buyout offer'; Morgan Stanley, Citi rise after results; Wells Fargo slips after quarterly profit drops

Stocks fall on Wall Street, led by slump in tech companies

Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday as the market extends a losing streak from last week. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 per cent as of 12:01 pm Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 189 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 34,530 and the Nasdaq fell 1.8 per cent. Both the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are coming off their first weekly loss in four weeks. Technology stocks fell broadly and were the biggest weights on the market. Microsoft fell 3.7 per cent and Apple shed 2 per cent. Energy stocks were among some of the biggest losers as they followed oil prices lower. US crude oil prices fell 3.7 per cent and Exxon Mobil slumped 3.1 per cent. Oil prices remain volatile amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has put more pressure on global energy supplies. Global oil prices are up just over 25 per cent for the year, though they have been easing somewhat throughout April. Industrial companies and banks held up better than the rest of the market. Boeing rose 1.1 per