Finance
Stock market news: Opening bell, November 27, 2018
Here is what you need to know.
Trump is ready to go all-out in the trade war with
China. President Donald Trump on Monday told The
Wall Street Journal that it is “highly unlikely” that he will
reach a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the
upcoming G20 summit in Argentina and that he is prepared to
place tariffs on the remaining $267 billion worth of Chinese
goods being impoerted into the US — including iPhones and and
other consumer products.-
Cyber Monday raked in a record $7.9 billion of
sales.
A
late-evening forecast from Adobe showed sales would be about
$100 million more than previously forecast, Reuters
reports. -
Amazon says Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018 were the biggest
shopping days in its history.
The e-commerce giant said Cyber Monday was
the single-biggest shopping day in its history and that
“millions” more products were
sold between it and Thanksgiving Day than during the same
period in 2017. -
Bank of America’s $2.8 trillion wealth management CIO reveals
his biggest market fear.
Chris Hyzy — the chief investment officer for
Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management
division — explains why a decline in dollar liquidity
could trigger the next recession if left unchecked. -
Microsoft briefly passes Apple as the largest US
company.
Microsoft
on Monday briefly surpassed Apple as the most valuable company
in the US, with a market capitalization of about $812 billion.
The last time Microsoft finished a trading session with a
higher market cap than Apple was in 2010. -
Tesla’s sales in China crashed in October because of the trade
war.
The
electric-car maker sold just 211 vehicles during the month of
October, down 70% year-over-year, Reuters says, citing
China Passenger Car Association
data. -
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been outed as a member of China’s
Communist Party.
Ma, China’s richest person, will be one of
100 guests to be honored by Beijing for their contributions to
the country’s economy, according to the state-run People’s
Daily. -
Stock markets
around the world are in the red.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (-0.17%) slipped in
Asia and Britain’s FTSE (-0.29%) trails in Europe. The S&P
500 is set to open down 0.38% near 2,663. -
Salesforce
reports after the closing bell.
It’s expected to earn an adjusted $0.50 a
share on revenue of $3.37 billion, according to analysts
surveyed by Bloomberg.
-
US economic data flows.
FHFA House Price Index and S&P
Case-Schiller home prices will both be released at 9 a.m. ET
before consumer confidence crosses the wires at 10 a.m. ET. The
US 10-year yield is unchanged at 3.05%.
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