Month: August 2024
The popular ‘carry trade’ is unwinding — and economists fear Fed rate cuts could make matters worse
Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange shop in central Tokyo on April 17, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Rapid interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve could make matters worse for the global “carry trade” unwind, according to economists at TS Lombard. The warning comes as market participants seek to aggressively […]
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Crypto ETFs get first major test after $370 billion market sell-off
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin and ether are gaining back ground after falling to their lowest level in six months on Monday in the first major test of the recently launched crypto exchange-traded funds. As of early Monday, roughly $370 billion dollars had been wiped off the market cap of all digital […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Palantir, Caterpillar, Yum China, CrowdStrike and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Palantir Technologies — The data analytics company rallied 11% after raising its full-year revenue forecast. Palantir now sees revenue between $2.74 billion and $2.75 billion. That’s up from a range of $2.68 billion to $2.69 billion. Yum China — Shares surged 8% after the Shanghai-based operator […]
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China launches its rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites
The Chang’e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China May 3, 2024. Eduardo Baptista | Reuters China on Tuesday launched its first batch of internet satellites that will form part of a constellation it hopes will […]
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Correction in the dollar-yen was overdue and may be ‘healthy’ for markets, former ECB chief says
The recent rapid strengthening of the Japanese yen can be seen as an overdue and healthy correction — and it’s not time to panic about the wider market impact, the former head of the European Central Bank said Tuesday. A combination of Japanese monetary policy turning hawkish, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and disappointing […]
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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific rides AI from bankruptcy to $6.7 billion partnership in eight months
In January, U.S. bitcoin miner Core Scientific was bankrupt and battling angry lenders. Since its return to the stock market that month, the share price is up 140% as the company aggressively goes after building a business in artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, the mining firm announced an expanded deal worth $6.7 billion with CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed startup that’s one […]
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Uber reports better-than-expected results for second quarter
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Uber reported second-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates on Tuesday. The stock rose about 4% in pre-market trading. Here’s how the company did for the period […]
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Abnormal Security, valued at $5.1 billion amid email security push, eyes eventual IPO
Abnormal Security co-founders Sanjay Jeyakumar and Evan Reiser Abnormal Security Cybersecurity company Abnormal Security said Tuesday it has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round that values the firm at $5.1 billion. Abnormal’s latest funding round is being led by Wellington Management and includes existing investors Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners, as […]
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Yum Brands reports mixed results as Pizza Hut and KFC same-store sales fall
A sign is posted in front of a Taco Bell restaurant on May 01, 2024 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Yum Brands on Tuesday reported a mixed quarter as both Pizza Hut and KFC reported declining same-store sales. Shares of the company fell less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the […]
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10-year Treasury yield rebounds after hitting its lowest level in more than a year
Treasury yields bounced back on Tuesday as investors closely monitored a reversal of the previous day’s global market sell-off. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note traded more than 7 basis points higher at 3.855% at 7:08 a.m. ET. It comes after the yield on the 10-year Treasury note on Monday fell to its […]
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