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The wider S&P 500 index is set for its best year since 2013. (Photo: AP)

Wall Street slips from near-record highs in Christmas Eve trade

1 min read . 24 Dec 2019

Wall Street investors now now have to decide whether a much nastier fight with China fits into Donald Trump’s bullish narrative. Photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Wall Street may no longer be able to shrug off US-China trade war

2 min read . 05 Sep 2018

An early employee at Microsoft sold the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO for $48.4 million at the weekend, more than 25%above the previous record for a classic car sold at auction some four years ago. Photo: Kayle Kaupanger

Ferraris a better bet than stocks in age of market fervour

1 min read . 27 Aug 2018

Stocks in Asia followed their US counterparts higher after the S&P 500 rallied to end a tumultuous quarter on a high note. Photo: Reuters

Asian stocks gain after US rebound, Japanese yen rises

1 min read . 30 Mar 2018

Mark Zuckerberg bore the brunt this week with $10.3 billion wiped from his fortune on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Photo: AFP

World’s richest lose $436 billion as 2018’s stock rout deepens

1 min read . 24 Mar 2018

Mark Mobius says investors are now looking toward emerging markets as they seek fresh opportunities. Photo: Bloomberg

Mark Mobius says investors turning their gaze from US to emerging markets

1 min read . 31 Aug 2017

The bear market in crude oil in many ways resembles its more severe predecessors from 2014 and 2016: oil prices plummeting, non-US producers floundering to keep supply at bay and concerns swirling around the impact of energy companies on high-yield bonds. Photo: Reuters

Stocks are ignoring crude oil’s bear market

1 min read . 26 Jun 2017

The Nasdaq 100 Index’s two-day loss topped 3.3%, an abrupt turnaround after closing at a record on Thursday with a 21% gain for the year. Photo: Bloomberg

US tech sell-off worsens, crude oil rallies

1 min read . 12 Jun 2017

Warren Buffett’s struggle to find the $407 billion company’s next meaningful acquisition shows that his relative buying power has diminished. Photo: Reuters

Why Warren Buffett hasn’t delivered a big deal lately

3 min read . 09 May 2017

The Dow was up 102 points, or 0.56%, to 20,018. Photo: AFP

Dow breaches 20,000 as Trump rally continues

1 min read . 26 Jan 2017

Tim Cook’s payout is based on Apple returning 61% during the past three years, placing it in the top-performing third of the S&P index. Photo: Reuters<br />

Apple’s Tim Cook reaped $373 million in stock in five years as CEO

1 min read . 25 Aug 2016

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave Turkish national flags and shout slogans as they stand around the Republic Monument in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: Reuters<br />

Global investors hold breath as Turkey sucks air from risk rally

3 min read . 17 Jul 2016

In the last eight months, whenever China has devalued its currency, there has been a sharp sell-off in the global markets. Photo: Bloomberg<br />

Until the next shock in the Chinese yuan

1 min read . 15 Mar 2016

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint<br />

US labour market is broken

4 min read . 06 May 2013

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