• Feb 24, 2025

Mexico Inflation Ticks Higher in Line With Banxico Forecasts

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s annual inflation accelerated roughly in line with economists’ forecasts in early February, holding near the central bank’s estimates and keeping chances of a sixth straight interest rate cut in play.Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’Trump to Halt NY Congestion Pricing by Terminating ApprovalAirbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fire VictimsNYC’s Congesti

  • Feb 24, 2025

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

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, one of the biggest tech firms by market capitalisation, readies to report earnings. Nvidia's profit report this week is seen as a bellwether of the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Speculators "aggressively" dumped both long and short positions in AI-related equipment, media, and communications equipment companies, according to a note sent to Goldman Sachs clients on Friday.

  • Feb 24, 2025

US Treasury market utilities set to expand cross-margining this year

Two U.S. Treasury market utilities are set to roll out new rules by the end of this year that will determine the amount of leverage hedge funds and other investors can deploy in trades, a step that could counterbalance rising transaction costs stemming from upcoming clearing requirements. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a market infrastructure company, and futures exchange operator CME Group last year launched an enhanced cross-margining arrangement for clearing members that trade and clear both U.S. Treasury securities and CME Group interest rate futures. It would become available as Treasury market participants prepare for new rules introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2023 aimed at reducing systemic risk in the $28.5 trillion Treasuries market by forcing more trades through clearing houses.

  • Feb 24, 2025

Chevron Is Essential to Venezuela’s Economy — and Trump Knows It

(Bloomberg) -- One of the key reasons Venezuela’s economy is slowly recovering from the worst collapse in modern history is an oil giant 2,200 miles away: Chevron Corp.Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’Trump to Halt NY Congestion Pricing by Terminating ApprovalAirbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fire VictimsNYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First MonthThe Hou

  • Feb 24, 2025

Nasdaq, S&P 500 fall as AI caution weighs on tech, Nvidia results in focus

The Nasdaq Composite fell more than 1% on Monday, with big technology stocks creating the biggest drag as investors worried about demand for technology supporting artificial intelligence while they waited for results from market heavyweight Nvidia. The S&P 500 closed slightly lower, marking its third straight day of declines, while the Dow managed to eke out a tiny gain. It was also Nasdaq's third consecutive loss and its fourth daily drop of more than 1% so far in February.

  • Feb 24, 2025

Trump’s China Order Interrupts Rally in Emerging-Market Stocks

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks fell on Monday, after posting the longest streak of weekly gains since 2020, as President Donald Trump’s latest executive order deepened investor concerns over the economic showdown between the US and China. Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’Trump to Halt NY Congestion Pricing by Terminating ApprovalAirbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fir

  • Feb 24, 2025

Domino's (NASDAQ:DPZ) Misses Q4 Sales Targets, Stock Drops

Fast-food pizza chain Domino’s (NYSE:DPZ) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024 as sales rose 2.9% year on year to $1.44 billion. Its GAAP profit of $4.89 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.