US homebuilder sentiment dips to five-month low on affordability
Mortgage rates are near the lowest in more than a year, but still double the level that prevailed throughout much of 2021 HOMEBUILDERS’ confidence slipped again this month,…
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Bursa Malaysia Q4 net profit falls 11.8% to RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment
Bursa Malaysia ended 2025 with lower revenue and profit as muted sentiment and decreased daily trading dampened securities market performance, the company said in a bourse filing on…
Wall Street slides as US-Greenland standoff knocks sentiment
Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply lower on Tuesday (Jan 20), as investors were spooked by renewed tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe over control of…
Alphabet hits US$4 trillion valuation as AI refocus lifts sentiment
Alphabet briefly hit US$4 trillion in market valuation on Monday (Jan 12), as the Google parent’s sharpened artificial intelligence (AI) focus allayed doubts about its strategy and thrust…
Shanghai benchmark hits 10-year high as easing deflation lifts sentiment
Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks advanced on Friday (Jan 9), with the Shanghai benchmark topping the psychologically important 4,100 points to a decade high, as investor sentiment…
Singapore market reforms may lift sentiment in 2026 despite geopolitical, trade uncertainty
Investors should focus on companies with credible and clearly stated plans to drive shareholder value Back in early June, I mentioned feeling a tinge of seller’s remorse after liquidating…
Singapore shares dip; STI down 0.1% on cautious sentiment
Both Straits Times Index (STI) and the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index finished lower on Friday (Dec 5), as concerns on the US economy continued to weigh on local stocks. The STI,…
Don’t Let Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Turn America Against People
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China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival winds down with ‘muted’ sentiment, sales expectations
Consumer malaise in China has made it harder than ever to get people to open their wallets China’s Singles’ Day sales festival is coming to a close after more than a month of promotions on…
Europe: Shares fall as rate uncertainty, earnings sour sentiment
EUROPEAN shares logged their third session of declines on Thursday as uncertainty over the future moves of central banks grew, while investors parsed a new raft of corporate earnings. The…
Consumer sentiment breaks even, with no sign of major shutdown angst
Consumer sentiment remains steady in October, with Americans feeling skittish about high prices and poor job prospects but showing no signs of panic over the government shutdown, according…
US: Wall Street opens slightly higher as traders buy the dip ahead of sentiment data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Friday, as investors sought to buy the dip following a brief pullback, while awaiting the consumer sentiment data for fresh clues on…
Asia: Markets drop as US data, new tariff threats dent sentiment
MARKETS retreated on Friday as nagging uncertainty about the US interest rate outlook was compounded by data showing the world’s biggest economy faring much better than expected and fresh…
Apple analyst sentiment hits five-year low after two downgrades
Apple was hit with a pair of downgrades on Thursday (Sep 11), in the latest sign of caution towards the iPhone maker, which has sharply underperformed its large-cap tech peers this year.…
Connection is a strategy, not a sentiment
In a post-pandemic world defined by speed, digital overload, and constant disruption, a quiet crisis is threatening the foundation of our workforce: loneliness. Once dismissed as a…
Europe: Shares close higher as US-China tariff truce, US data buoy sentiment
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Tuesday on optimism about the US-China tariff truce and interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, while declines in heavyweight technology stocks…
Singapore stocks fall amid cautious market sentiment; STI down 0.2%
Local shares closed lower on the first trading day of the week, tracking a mixed performance across Asian markets, as investors braced for geopolitical developments and key corporate…
US: Wall Street opens higher as US-Japan trade deal lifts sentiment
Wall Street opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 23) after President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan, shoring up expectations of further agreements ahead of the…
New listings on SGX may reinforce positive sentiment
Markets around the world are poised to end the first half of 2025 on a bullish note this week. On Friday (Jun 27), the S&P 500, Stoxx Europe 600, Nikkei 225 and Hang Seng indices were in…
Australia: Banks, miners lift stocks; Trump’s Iran-Israel truce announcement boosts sentiment
RALIAN shares rose on Tuesday, led by gains in banks and miners, as US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the Iran-Israel ceasefire lifted investor sentiment globally.…
Consumer sentiment rises in June—the first time in 2025 as tariffs, inflation worries improve
Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump…
Tariffs, end of EV tax credits, and bad consumer sentiment are ruining automakers’ plans
The ongoing tariff war, the potential end of federal incentives, and a general slowdown in consumer demand all spell uncertainty for the future of electric vehicles in the United…
Europe: Shares gain on defence boost, tariff delay aids sentiment
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Tuesday with defence stocks boosting the market after US President Donald Trump threatened additional sanctions on Russia, while optimism lingered from the…
CGSI downgrades Delfi, cuts target price as high cocoa prices sour sentiment
CGS International (CGSI) has downgraded its recommendation on chocolate confectioner Delfi to “hold”, from “add” previously, and slashed its target price by more than 19 per cent to…