The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) are in the red year to date. The Nasdaq Composite is down more than 10% from its high, while the S&P 500 is 7% off its high. That puts the Nasdaq into a correction, which is a drop of at least 10% off a recent high but less than 20%. A sustained period in which an index is 20% below its high is known as a bear market. The S&P ...
The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) and S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) are in the red year to date. The Nasdaq Composite is down more than 10% from its high, while the S&P 500 is 7% off its high. That puts the Nasdaq into a correction, which is a drop of at least 10% off a recent high but less than 20%. A sustained period in which an index is 20% below its high is known as a bear market. The S&P 500 could be headed there, too. Here's why it feels like both indexes should be down even more, and how to find stocks to buy during a correction, as well as ones to avoid. Continue reading
Governments across the world are racing to secure supplies of fertilizers as the war in the Middle East chokes of commodity flows and heightens fears of a food crisis. ETG, a global conglomerate specializing in agricultural supply chains, says risks are most acute in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia. CEO Ashish Lakhotia joins Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)
Governments across the world are racing to secure supplies of fertilizers as the war in the Middle East chokes of commodity flows and heightens fears of a food crisis. ETG, a global conglomerate specializing in agricultural supply chains, says risks are most acute in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia. CEO Ashish Lakhotia joins Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dispatches dissects the woes of Keir Starmer’s government. Plus: Lisa Kudrow, Chase Infiniti and Jimmy Carr join Claudia Winkleman. Here’s what to watch this evening 8pm, Channel 4 It’s hard to believe that less than two years ago, the Labour party under Keir Starmer won one of the largest electoral majorities in UK history. The party and the prime minister have been on the back foot ever since. L...
Dispatches dissects the woes of Keir Starmer’s government. Plus: Lisa Kudrow, Chase Infiniti and Jimmy Carr join Claudia Winkleman. Here’s what to watch this evening 8pm, Channel 4 It’s hard to believe that less than two years ago, the Labour party under Keir Starmer won one of the largest electoral majorities in UK history. The party and the prime minister have been on the back foot ever since. Lewis Goodall explores Labour’s air of rolling crisis and finds causes ranging from the self-inflicted (the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US) to the unfortunate (the re-election of Donald Trump). Is there any way back? Phil Harrison Continue reading...