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Wall Street is lifting.

Wall Street leaps, cutting losses after a dismal week

US stocks rallied on Friday to more than halve their losses in what had been one of their worst weeks of the year.

  • Stan Choe
Wall Street.

ASX to drop as Wall Street’s Santa rally falters

Australian shares are poised to fall as markets parse the Federal Reserve’s  projections of fewer-than-expected interest rate cuts and higher inflation next year.

  • Natasha Rudra
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to drop, $A plunges as Fed signals rate pause near

US stocks tumbled, extending losses to more than 1 per cent, after policymakers significantly pared their rate cut projections.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to slip, Wall Street broadly lower as Fed outlook awaited

Australian shares are set to edge down tracking narrow trading in New York. Investors are keenly waiting for updated policymaker expectations for rates.

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  • Timothy Moore
Bedazzled. The certainty of Wall Street has spilt over into the popular media, which often picks up on market trends only when they are well established and near an end.

How ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will pop

All the classic signs of extreme prices, valuations and sentiment suggest the end is near. It is time to bet against “American exceptionalism”.

  • Ruchir Sharma
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Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to slip, Tesla surges 6pc, bitcoin hits record $US107,000

Australian shares are set for a lower opening after futures reversed earlier modest gains. Techs power Nasdaq, S&P 500 higher. Nvidia extends losses.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

S&P 500 slips, Broadcom surge offsets broader weakness

Broadcom leapt 24pc, though US equities struggled as the path for interest rates becomes more clouded. Tesla extended its rally. Nvidia pulled back further.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to fall, US stocks lower with Fed in focus, ECB cuts its key rate

Australian shares are set to open lower. The rally in the US megacap tech stocks stalled. Iron ore gets China bets boost. Bitcoin hovers at $US100,000.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to rise as Alphabet, Tesla power Nasdaq to record high

Australian shares are set to open higher. The magnificent seven rallied. US CPI data bolsters December rate cut probability. Bitcoin tops $US101,000.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to slip, Alphabet rises on quantum chip boost

Australian shares are set to edge lower, in line with a narrow trading range on Wall Street as investors await November’s CPI report. $A sinks on dovish RBA.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to rise on prospect for bolder China stimulus, Wall St slips

Australian shares are set to open higher. BHP, Rio surge in New York. Iron ore, oil, gold gain. Bitcoin stumbles. Nvidia drags Nasdaq lower.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

S&P 500 resets record closing high for 57th time

The record run higher in US equities is intact after November’s jobs report reassured investors that the Fed is still on track to cut rates this month.

  • Timothy Moore
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to slip, Wall St edge down with payrolls awaited

Australian shares are set for modest opening losses. November US jobs data in focus. Bitcoin slides below $US100,000.

  • Timothy Moore
Protesters stage a rally to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. The signs read “Punish.”

Yoon’s actions remind investors of all they dislike about South Korea

After briefly declaring martial law this week, the South Korean President can kiss goodbye to his plan to boost the nation’s notoriously depressed stock market.

  • Shuli Ren
US equities’ dominance forecast to extend into 2025.

ASX to edge up, S&P 500 and Nasdaq lift on techs

Australian shares are set to open modestly higher. The magnificent seven power ahead. Iren surges, Atlassian leaps on Amazon deal. Bitcoin rallies.

  • Timothy Moore
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US equities’ dominance forecast to extend into 2025.

ASX to slip, S&P 500 edges up, bitcoin swings

Australian shares are set to open lower. US equities were turning modestly positive late. Apple extends advance. South Korean assets drop.

  • Timothy Moore
America’s market is over-owned, overvalued and overhyped to a degree never seen before.

The US market is a bubble ready to pop

Dominating the minds of global investors, America is over-owned, overvalued and overhyped to a degree never seen before.

  • Ruchir Sharma
The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to rise, Apple resets record high as techs rally

Australian shares are set to open higher. The Nasdaq paced gains in New York as the megacap techs advanced. US dollar stronger. Bitcoin struggled.

  • Timothy Moore

November

The New York Stock Exchange.

S&P 500, Dow close at record highs as techs rally

Nvidia and Apple paced the advance as Wall Street finished the month with one final push higher. Bitcoin faded another move towards $US100,000.

  • Timothy Moore
The New York Stock Exchange.

ASX to slip, European tech stocks advance

Australian shares are set to open down. France’s political crisis pressures bond yields. Wall St closed for Thanksgiving. Commodities modestly higher.

  • Timothy Moore

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