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Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Typically, stocks — if they do well — tend to return more than a risk-free asset, precisely because it isn't certain stocks will rise. While "the Fed can control short rates," long rates going up can introduce "significant risk" to the economy, such as the recent Fitch downgrade and quantitative tightening. It wasn't a surprise, then, that stock markets fell Tuesday.
Persons: Nathan Howard, yield's, Rupert Thompson, Cash, That's, Bob Pisani, it's, Torsten Slok, Adam Turnquist, Ed Yardeni Organizations: Treasury, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Kingswood Group, Dow Jones Industrial, Nvidia, LPL, Yardeni Locations: Washington , DC
CNBC Daily Open: With such high yields, why buy stocks?
  + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. That's called the equity risk premium, a return that's supposed to compensate stock investors for the chance that they might lose money. Another potential issue that could crop up with high Treasury yields is that it could make the Federal Reserve's job tougher. It wasn't a surprise, then, that stock markets fell Tuesday.
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LONDON — European stock markets were higher Tuesday after posting cautious gains to start the week. The Stoxx 600 index was 0.68% higher in early trade, with all sectors higher bar oil and gas, which dipped 0.1%. Higher bond yields generally mean lower stock prices. Thompson said bond market moves reflect a pushback on expectations for substantial Federal Reserve rate cuts next year, though opinion remains divided. U.S. stock futures nudged lower after the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 snapped a four-day negative streak.
Persons: Rupert Thompson, CNBC's, Thompson Organizations: Technology, Ubisoft Entertainment, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Treasury, Kingswood Group, Nasdaq Locations: Asia, Pacific
European stocks extend recovery as banking fears ebb
  + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sruthi Shankar | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The continent-wide STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) climbed 0.4%, extending its rebound after last week's market rout caused by the collapse of Credit Suisse and two mid-sized U.S. lenders. European banks (.SX7P) rose 1.2%, adding to Monday's 1.4% gain. Credit Suisse shares rose 1.7%. The European banks index was on track for its worst monthly showing since March 2020, when financial markets were roiled by pandemic fears. Embracer (EMBRACb.ST) tumbled 13.8% to the bottom of the STOXX 600 after the Swedish gaming group pushed back dates for expected completion of several deals announced last year.
With U.S. markets shut for the Presidents' Day holiday, non-U.S. assets got some respite from the relentless pressure of last week. "Until recently, the market debate was all about soft-landing or hard-landing, recession or no recession. PEAK-A-BOOMoney markets show investors expect U.S. rates to peak at around 5.3% by July, with a quarter-point rate cut possibly materialising by December. The dollar nudged lower against a basket of major currencies, but was noticeably down against so-called commodity currencies, including the Australian dollar , which rose 0.5% and the Canadian dollar , which gained 0.1%. China's offshore yuan rose 0.1% to around 6.865 to the dollar after Beijing kept interest rates steady as expected, having poured liquidity into the banking system in recent days.
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're still positive on UK but it's headed for a deep recession, chief economist saysThe U.K. is headed for a deeper recession than Europe and the U.S., according to Rupert Thompson, chief economist at investment firm Kingswood.
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