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2025/03/07

Trump's 'shock and awe' agenda leaves Virginia businesses scrambling

Will Paulette's latest apartment construction project was mired in mud as a rainstorm passed through this week, a situation that matched the murky outlook for builders who are assessing how sweeping new tariffs might affect their costs, the flow of work, and the willingness of developers and lenders to commit to projects.

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2025/03/06

Investors seek to switch hedge funds, citing risk, performance and size, says IG Prime

Roughly a quarter of investors surveyed by IG Prime are looking to change which hedge funds invest their money, citing reasons including riskiness, poor performance and size, the prime brokerage firm said in a report on Thursday.

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2025/03/05

Most Gulf markets fall on trade war fears

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Wednesday after the latest round of U.S. tariffs and countermeasures from Canada and China fuelled global trade war concerns.

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2025/03/04

Trump triggers trade war with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20%, launching new trade conflicts with the top three U.S. trading partners.

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2025/03/03

Safe-haven gold gains on weaker US dollar and tariff concerns

Gold prices gained on Monday, following a more than three-week low in the previous session, as they drew support from a weaker dollar and safe-haven buying triggered by concern over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

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2025/02/27

Global shares to keep rising, say strategists unbothered by trade ructions

Stock market strategists are sticking to their positive view on the performance of global equity markets, expecting solid gains in even the most beaten-down indexes in India and Japan, according to the latest quarterly Reuters polls.

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2025/02/28

US stocks gain, as oil prices head toward monthly decline

European shares slipped on Friday, while Wall Street opened with muted gains following in-line U.S. inflation data that reinforced bets the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates twice this year.

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2025/02/26

S&P 500 to end 2025 up 9% from here, but Trump-related uncertainties mount: Reuters Poll

Feb 26 - The S&P 500 will finish 2025 up about 9% from now, but volatility will likely increase as a barrage of tariff announcements, job cuts and policy changes from President Donald Trump fuels uncertainty, according to equity strategists in a Reuters poll.

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2025/02/24

Hedge funds exit tech, media stocks at fastest pace in six months, Goldman Sachs says

Feb 24 - Hedge funds exited U.S. tech and media stocks in the two weeks to February 21 at the fastest pace in six months, according to Goldman Sachs, just as Nvidia (NVDA.O), , one of the biggest tech firms by market capitalisation, readies to report earnings.

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2025/02/25

Morning Bid: S&P500 loses 6,000 handle amid U.S. slowdown fears

Rancorous geopolitics continues to grab most headlines again this week, but it's creeping anxiety about a slowing U.S. economy that's unnerving investors most about Wall Street stocks.

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2025/02/26

Crucial Nvidia results to set the course for faltering 'Magnificent Seven'

Feb 26 - Nvidia's much-awaited results - seen as a barometer of AI chip demand - on Wednesday could prove to be an inflection point for artificial intelligence stocks that have fueled the market's rally in the last two years.

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2025/02/21

Global equities mixed on uncertainty about Trump moves, geopolitics

NEW YORK, Feb 21- Stocks fell on Wall Street but edged higher in Europe on Friday amid uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump's rapid policy initiatives, including spending cuts and tariffs, and Germany's upcoming elections. Oil prices fell 2% while gold eased from record highs.

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2025/02/11

Wall Street mixed as Coca-Cola gains and Tesla dips

Feb 11 - Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Tuesday as gains in Coca-Cola and Apple offset losses in Tesla, while investors parsed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's latest comments.

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2025/02/12

Gold eases from record high; key US data in focus

Feb 12 - Gold prices eased from record highs on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated he was in no rush to cut interest rates, while the focus shifted to U.S. inflation data and trade tariffs.

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2025/02/14

Stocks edge up, yields fall as US data, tariff risk gauged

A benchmark of global stocks hit a record on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields dipped as some soft U.S. data and the latest tariff announcements raised hopes that the Federal Reserve may have some cushion to be more aggressive in cutting interest rates.

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2025/02/18

Morning Bid: Europe’s defence up as Washington meets Moscow

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Europe's defence stocks (.SXPARO), , up almost 20% for the year so far, surged another 1% on Tuesday as U.S. officials met Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia for talks about ending the war in Ukraine and Germany prepared to go to the polls this weekend.

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2025/02/19

Morning Bid: Lagging US still flirting with new highs

Even though Wall Street stocks lag world markets this year, the S&P500 (.SPX), still managed to wring out another record high on Tuesday - with a mix of new tariff threats, housing updates and Federal Reserve minutes to digest later today.

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2025/02/19

Argentine, Turkish stocks could post more than 20% returns this year, says JPMorgan

J.P. Morgan said equity markets in Argentina and Turkey could post returns of more than 20% this year, driven by policy reforms aimed at reducing inflation levels.

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2025/02/20

Stock markets may face correction, says Goldman Sachs

Wall Street stocks could be facing a correction because of ructions in the options market, Goldman Sachs specialist Scott Rubner said in a Thursday note seen by Reuters on Friday.

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2025/02/11

Stocks mixed, gold retreats from record as investors weigh Trump tariff threats

LONDON, Feb 11 - Gold retreated from a record high while stocks were subdued on Tuesday as investors braced for further shifts in U.S. trade policy and waited to hear from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on tariffs and inflation.

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