Day: September 9, 2022

Sep 09
Stocks open higher, on track to end run of 3 weekly losses

William Watts is MarketWatch’s senior markets writer. Based in New York, Watts writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. Before moving to New York, he reported for MarketWatch from Frankfurt, London and Washington, D.C.

Sep 09
Average equity per homeowner rises to record $300,000

U.S. homeowners with mortgages, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of all properties, saw equity in their homes during the second quarter rise 27.8% from a year ago, according to property information company CoreLogic’s Homeowner Equity Report (HER) released Friday. The total increase in home equity for the quarter was $3.6 trillion, or an average of […]

Sep 09
Bank of England to postpone rate decision by a week due to mourning period for Queen Elizabeth

Steven Goldstein is based in London and responsible for MarketWatch’s coverage of financial markets in Europe, with a particular focus on global macro and commodities. Previously, he was Washington bureau chief, directing MarketWatch’s economic, political and regulatory coverage. Follow Steve on Twitter: @MKTWgoldstein.

Sep 09
Consumer spending accelerated in August, while utility bills jumped 16%, BofA research shows

Consumer spending continued to accelerate in August, even as the drags from surging utility and childcare costs partially offset a boost in sentiment from falling gasoline prices, according to research released by Bank of America Corp.’s BAC, +0.84% Bank of America Institute. The research showed that total payments in August increased 13% from a year […]

Sep 09
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Ventures takes 30% stake in Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital

William Watts is MarketWatch’s senior markets writer. Based in New York, Watts writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. Before moving to New York, he reported for MarketWatch from Frankfurt, London and Washington, D.C.

Sep 09
Nikkei 225 Wave Analysis – 9 September, 2022

• Nikkei 225 reversed from strong support level 27500.00 • Likely to reach resistance level 28800.00 Nikkei 225 index recently reversed up with the daily Hammer from the strong support level 27500.00 (which has been reversing the price from the end of July), intersecting with the lower daily Bollinger Band. The upward reversal from the […]

Sep 09
The “ECB effect”

The ECB unanimously raised interest rate by 75 basis points on Thursday, stressing on the fact that the unconditional policy priority is to suppress inflation. Growth forecasts proved to be somewhat unexpected – the regulator not only ruled out a recession next year, predicting growth of 0.9%, but also revised forecast for economic growth this […]

Sep 09
Mini DAX Futures (FDXM1!), H4 Potential for bearish drop

Type : Bearish Drop Key Levels:Resistance : 13340 Pivot: 13004 Support : 12591 Preferred Case: On the H4, with price expected to reverse off the stochastic resistance, we have a bearish bias that price will drop from pivot at 13004 where the pullback resistance is to the 1st support at 12591 where the swing low […]

Sep 09
3 reasons why Bitcoin traders should be bullish on BTC

Bitcoin (BTC) has been in a rut, and BTC’s price is likely to stay in its current downtrend. But like I mentioned last week, when nobody is talking about Bitcoin, that’s usually the best time to be buying Bitcoin.  In the last week, the price took another tumble, dropping below $19,000 on Sept. 6 and […]

Sep 09
Caterpillar stock jumps to lead the Dow’s gainers after IRS settlement included no penalties

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. CAT, +3.46% climbed 3.3% in morning trading Friday, enough to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, +1.19% gainers, after the construction and mining equipment maker said the settlement reached wit the U.S. Internal Revenue Service included no penalty payments. The stock’s price gain of $5.97 was adding about 39 points […]