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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are set to open higher after both Alphabet and Microsoft posted strong first-quarter earnings reports.

Jeremy Grantham warned of a huge real estate bubble, predicted stocks would disappoint for a decade, and blasted the Fed for driving up asset prices.

Ppending is likely to slow after Chinese New Year, signaling more bad news for Beijing when what it really needs is a break.

Stocks are poised to disappoint, recession alarms are flashing, and speculation is rife in tech and crypto, the market prophet Gary Shilling says.

The share price surges came as investors cheered stellar results from both tech giants for the final three months of 2023.

Warren Buffett's company beat the odds given its original focus on "textiles, trading stamps, and department stores," says author Jacob McDonough.

Analysts' earnings estimates for companies represented by the MSCI China Index members are down nearly 1% since the start of 2024, per Bloomberg data.

It's the first time in more than two years that the Facebook founder sold some of his stake in the social-media giant.

Foreign funds bought 44 billion Chinese yuan of mainland stocks via stock connect programs with Hong Kong — the lowest ever, per Bloomberg.