FedEx earnings warning and revenue shortfall rattled markets around the world. NCR plans to split into two companies. Uber is investigating a cybersecurity hacking claim.

Wall Street extended weekly losses to 5% after FedEx issued an earnings warning and the World Bank offered a dire global outlook. Two separate reports added to market anxieties ahead of the Fed meeting next week.

Tech stocks led the decliners with fewer bulls on Wall Street willing to step up ahead of the rate hike decision next week. Crude oil dropped 3% and the yield on 2-year Treasury notes jumped to a 15-year high.

Stocks struggle to gather momentum as investors study conflicting economic data. Labor market conditions remain tight and consumer spending is holding up in the face of high inflation but bond yields are rising rapidly.

Stocks, Bonds, Oil Look Down

Sep 15, 2022
Barry Adams
Global markets trade lower on the rising economic uncertainties, deepening energy crisis in Europe, persistent lockdowns in China and rising rates in the U.S.

Benchmark indexes closed higher after a choppy day of trading. 2-year Treasury yield inched up to a high not seen since 2007.

Homebuilders extended losses for the second cay after mortgage application volumed dropped by a third. Railroads declined ahead of a possible worker strike. Nucor lowered its earnings outlook.

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Stocks on Wall Street lacked direction a day after benchmark indexes dropped the most in more than two years.

S&P 500 Plunges 4%, Nasdaq Drops 5%

Sep 13, 2022
Barry Adams
Benchmark indexes plunged in a vicious sell-off after investors feared that the Federal Reserve may have to accelerate and enlarge the current rate hike regime.

Consumer prices rose at a slower pace in August but remained elevated driven by rising cost of food and shelter. Treasury yields surged and the stock sell-off deepened on the worries that high prices are rapidly spreading in the broader economy.

Stocks extended gains for the fourth day in a row ahead of the CPI report tomorrow on optimism about a slowdown in inflation.

Gilead settled patent litigation with five generic drugmakers. Bristol-Myers won a regulatory approval for its oral treatment for plaque psoriasis.

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Tech and resource stocks led the gainers for the third day in a row on the hopes of cooling inflation ahead of the CPI data tomorrow.

Formerly known as Restoration Hardware guided larger sales decline in the third quarter and said it plans to refrain from discounting in the current promotional environment.

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Hooker quarterly shipments rebounded as Asian factories began to resume normal schedules. Domestic upholstery division's backlog was five times pre-pandemic levels.

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