Analysis: Indices

S&P 500's 'death cross' may not be as ominous as it sounds, analysts say

NEW YORK -A tariff-induced selloff in the U.S. stock market faces another worry, the death cross pattern, but history shows the ominous sounding technical signal may not necessarily mean equities...

NextDecade strikes LNG supply deal with TotalEnergies for 1.5 million tonnes annually

U.S. liquefied natural gas producer NextDecade said on Monday it has signed a 20-year deal to supply France's TotalEnergies with 1.5 million tonnes per annum from its Rio Grande facility's planned...

Trade tensions can lead to stock market crashes, IMF says

WASHINGTON -Major geopolitical risk events, including trade tensions, can trigger large corrections in stock prices, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday. That in...

Indonesia to offer to increase U.S. imports to help trade talks, official says

JAKARTA -Senior Indonesian ministers will travel to Washington to present their U.S. counterparts with offers of significantly increased U.S. imports and investment proposals as part of their...

Goldman Sachs raises end-2025 gold price forecast to $3,700/oz

Goldman Sachs raised its end-2025 gold price forecast to $3,700 per ounce from $3,300, with a projected range of $3,650-$3,950, citing stronger-than-expected demand from central banks and higher...

Gold soars past $3,200 as trade war deepens, dollar loses ground

Gold blazed past the $3,200 mark on Friday, as a faltering dollar and an escalating U.S.-China trade war stirred recession fears, sending investors flocking to the safety of the yellow metal. ...

Brent, WTI prices climb more $1 on possible Iran crude restriction

Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude climbed more than $1 on Friday after U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States could end Iran's oil exports as part of an effort to bring the...

At $3200 per ounce, gold will crush competition in 2025

To round off a testing week on the stockmarkets, marked by wild swings and fears about the future of world trade as we know it today, we present a chart summarizing the performance of 11 major asset...

Spanish olive oil makers mull US investment, rush exports to avoid tariffs

One of Spain's leading olive oil producers is pondering an expansion into the U.S. in response to the tariff war unleashed by Washington, just as its peers are rushing out exports while the bulk of...

What can we expect from first-quarter results?

As the earnings season opens today with the major US banks, investors are eagerly awaiting the messages that companies will deliver. However, given the current uncertainties, it will be hard for them...

Hedge funds miss out on US equities rally but suffer smaller losses in volatile two days

NEW YORK/HONG KONG -Global equities long/short hedge funds missed out on most of Wednesday's massive rally in U.S. stocks, triggered by President Donald Trump's pause on some tariffs for 90 days, but...

Berkshire Hathaway prices yen bonds totalling $627 million

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has priced a 6-tranche yen denominated bond totalling 90 billion yen , according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters. The sale comes as debt deals...

Wall St ends sharply lower as tariff risks send investors fleeing

STORY: Wall Street volatility continued on Thursday with the Dow dropping 2.5%, the S&P 500 shedding nearly 3.5% and the Nasdaq losing 4.3%. :: April 9, 2025 All three...

Trump trade war with China revives recession, bear market fears

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/BEIJING -President Donald Trump's trade war rattled global markets anew on Thursday as stocks and oil prices sank amid fears China may once again respond in kind with higher...

US stocks, dollar drop on lingering tariff worries, a day after relief rally

NEW YORK -Major stock indexes and the U.S. dollar dropped on Thursday, with the S&P 500 ending down more than 3% as investors remained skittish, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's move to...

TSX ends 3% lower as tech and energy shares slide

Canada's main stock index gave back much of the previous day's sharp gains on Thursday as concern grew that the global trade war could derail economic growth, with energy and highflying technology...

Ivory Coast threatens more expensive cocoa in response to US tariffs

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, could take measures to make the product more expensive if tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump go into effect, the West African country's...

Gold hits record high as US-China trade war intensifies, dollar weakens

Gold prices jumped nearly 3% to an all-time high on Thursday, as a drop in the dollar and an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China drove investors towards the safe-haven allure of the...

Wall Street: the pause and the upward "crash"

So the false rumor was true. Last night, Wall Street closed sharply higher after Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of the majority of tariffs. This came as a huge relief for investors… and...